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NATIONAL MARITIME SERVICE OF PANAMA

COASTAL FORCES

CHIRIQUI patrol boats (1986/1998)

Names

P841 Chiriqui (ex-68PB841)

P842 Veraguas (ex-68PB842)

P843 Bocas del Toro (ex-68PB843)

Builders

Atlantic Marine, Fort George Island, USA: P841-843

Commissioned

1986 // 1998: P841-843

Losses

P841 (foundered 2012), P842 (foundered 2012)

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): P843

 

Displacement standard, t

42

Displacement full, t

46

Length, m

22.5

Breadth, m

5.30

Draught, m

1.07 (hull) 1.80 propellers

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 General Motors 8V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

1950

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 2000

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Furuno 1411 radar
Complement 7

Project history: Former USN Sea Spectre PB Mk IV class boats, transferred without armament.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Bocas del Toro 2013

© Ivan Gogin, 2019