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MYANMAR NAVY (MYANMAR)

COASTAL FORCES

No421 riverine patrol boats (1980)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
  421   Swiftships, Morgan City, USA     1980 in service (2019)
  422   Swiftships, Morgan City, USA     1980 in service (2019)
  423   Swiftships, Morgan City, USA     1980 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

103

Displacement full, t

111

Length, m

31.5

Breadth, m

7.20

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 12V331 TC81 diesels

Power, h. p.

1920

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1200(18)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Raytheon 1500 radar

Complement

25

Project history: Swiftship construction boats completed between March and September 1979 and acquired next year through Vosper, Singapore.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

1991

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