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MARITIME SQUADRON OF MALTA (MALTA)

COASTAL FORCES

C25 patrol boats (1968/1991)

Names

C25 (ex-NOAA1255), early 1990s- P25

C26 (ex-NOAA1257), early 1990s- P26

Builders

Equitable, New Orleans, USA: C25, 26

Completed

1968 // 1991: C25, 26

Losses

P25 (wrecked 1998)

Transfers

none

Discarding

2000: P26

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

35

Length, m

18.0

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 12V71 diesels

Power, h. p.

960

Max speed, kts

18 - 20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

300(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90 (fitted for)

Electronic equipment

Furuno radar

Complement

7

Project history: Former oilfield crewboats, used later by NOAA as research craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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