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MALDIVIAN COAST GUARD (MALDIVE ISLANDS)

COAST GUARD

BUREVI patrol boat (1981/1984)

Names

7 Burevi, late 1990s- 115 Burevi

Builders

Cheverton, Cowes, UK: 7

Commissioned

1981 // 1984: 7

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding in service (2020): 115

 

Displacement standard, t

22

Displacement full, t

24

Length, m

17.0

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 8V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

850

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

JRC radar

Complement

9

Project history: Built in 1981 for Kiribati but not delivered and purchased in 1984 for Maldives. GRP hull and aluminium superstructure.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Burevi 2005

 

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