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MALDIVIAN COAST GUARD (MALDIVE ISLANDS)

COAST GUARD

NIROLHU patrol boat (1987)

Names

14 Nirolhu, late 1990s- 106 Nirolhu

Builders

Fairey Marine, Cowes, UK: 14

Commissioned

1987: 14

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding in service (2020): 106

 

Displacement standard, t

35

Displacement full, t

38

Length, m

21.0

Breadth, m

5.18

Draught, m

1.45

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 12V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 450(20)

Armament

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

Electronic equipment

JRC radar

Complement

11

Project history: Tracker class. GRP hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Nirolhu 2005

 

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