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MOZAMBIQUE NAVY (MOZAMBIQUE)

COASTAL FORCES

ex-ANTARES patrol launch (1959/1975)

Antares 1965

Names

(ex-Antares)

Builders

James Taylor, Shoreham, UK: (ex-Antares)

Completed

1959 // 1975: (ex-Antares)

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: (ex-Antares)

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

18

Length, m

15.7 wl 17.1 oa

Breadth, m

4.64

Draught, m

1.22

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Cummins diesels

Power, h. p.

460

Max speed, kts

18.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipment None

Complement

7

Project history: Former Portuguese colonial launch, first of class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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