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NIGERIAN NAVY (NIGERIA)

COASTAL FORCES

ARGUNDU patrol boats (1974-1976)

Names

P165 Argundu

P166 Yola

P169 Brass

P170 Epe

Builders

Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, West Germany: P165, 166, 169, 170

Commissioned

1974: P165, 166

1976: P169, 170

2005: P166 (2nd time)

2008: P169 (2nd time)

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1990s: P165, P166 (1st time), P169 (first time), P170

in service (2019): P166, 169

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

90

Length, m

29.0 pp 32.0 oa

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU diesels

Power, h. p.

2070

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Sensors

Decca 1229 radar

Complement

25

Project history: German design.

Modernizations: 1978, all: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec EX-30

Naval service: No significant events.

Yola 1974

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