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MOZAMBIQUE NAVY (MOZAMBIQUE)

COASTAL FORCES

ex-SIRIUS patrol boats (1970/1975)

Names

(ex-Sirius)

(ex-Vega)

Builders

Arsenal do Alfeite, Portugal: (ex-Sirius), (ex-Vega)

Completed

1970 // 1975:  (ex-Sirius), (ex-Vega)

Losses

None

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1980s:  (ex-Sirius), (ex-Vega)

Displacement standard, t

23

Displacement full, t

28

Length, m

19.1 wl 20.7 oa

Breadth, m

4.63

Draught, m

1.22

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Cummins diesels

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

7

Project history: Former Portuguese boats of Bellatrix class, served on the Lake Nyasa.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

sister-boat Arcturus 1972

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