Dorina 1980
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Dorina | F81 | Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK | 26.1.1970 | 16.9.1970 | 21.7.1972 | foundered 16.4.1987, never repaired | |
Otobo | F82 | Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK | 28.9.1970 | 25.5.1971 | 10.11.1972 | stricken 4.1987 |
Displacement standard, t |
500 |
Displacement full, t |
650 |
Length, m |
55.4 pp 61.6 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.45 |
Draught, m |
3.35 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 MAN V8V24/30B diesels |
Power, h. p. |
8000 |
Max speed, kts |
22 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 68 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3500(14) |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 |
Electronic equipment | Decca TM626, AWS-1, M22 radars, MS22 sonar |
Complement |
66 |
Project history: Vosper Thornycroft Mk 3 design, ordered in 1968. WWII-era 102mm gunmount is hand-loaded.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Dorina sank at her moorings 16.4.1987, raised in May and in April 1988 shipped to Italy as deck cargo for refitting as patrol with new machinery and armament consisted of 1 40mm gun, but no work has been done because lack of funds.
Dorina 1976
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