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PAKISTAN NAVY (PAKISTAN)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

P551 patrol boats (1979-1980)

Names

P551, 1987- P551 ساد [Sadd]

P552, 1987- P552 شہباز  [Shahbaz]

P553, 1987- P553 وقار  [Waqar]

P554, 1987- P554 برق [Burq]

P555 - 568

Builders

Crestitalia, Ameglia, Italy: P551-568

Commissioned

1979-1980: P551-568

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): P551-568

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

23

Length, m

16.5

Breadth, m

5.20

Draught, m

0.88

No of shafts

2

Machinery

P551-554: 2 MTU diesels

P555-568: 2 V6 diesels

Power, h. p.

P551-554: 2200

P555-568: 1600

Max speed, kts

P551-554: 35

P555-568: 30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

425(25)

Armament

P551-554: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7

P555-568: 1 x 1 - 14.5/93

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

5

Project history: MV55 design. GRP hull. Customs service. 4 boats were in 1987 transferred to Coast Guard.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Shahbaz 2003

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