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COAST GUARD OF MAURITUS (MAURITIUS)

COAST GUARD

AMAR patrol boat (1961/1974)

Amar 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Amar (ex-अमर [Amar]) P1   Hooghly, Calcutta, India     1961 // 4.1974 stricken 1997

Displacement standard, t

120

Displacement full, t

160

Length, m

33.5 pp 35.7 oa

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

2 12-cyl Paxman diesels + 1 Foden diesel

Power, h. p.

1100 + 100

Max speed, kts

18 / 8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 23

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7

Electronic equipment

type 978 radar

Complement

35

Project history: Former Indian Ajay-class (variant of British Ford) patrol boat. Transferred without ASW equipment.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Amar 1976

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