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NAVY OF NICARAGUA (NICARAGUA)

COASTAL FORCES

RIO KURINGWAS patrol boat (1969/1972)

Names

GC7 Rio Kuringwas

Builders

Swiftships, Morgan City, USA: GC7

Commissioned

1967 // 1972: GC7

Losses

GC7 (1979, captured by Honduras (Chamelecón)

Transfers

None

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

50

Displacement full, t

54

Length, m

23.1 pp 25.9 oa

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

1400

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

780(15)

Armament

3 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

Decca radar

Complement

10

Project history: Swiftships 85ft type.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Chamelecón 2011

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