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NATIONAL MARITIME SERVICE OF PANAMA

COASTAL FORCES

COMANDANTE TORRIJOS patrol craft (1982)

Names

GC16 Comandante Torrijos, 1989- P201 Comandante Torrijos, late 1990s- P201 General Esteban Huertas

GC17 Presidente Porras, 1989- P202 Presidente Porras

Builders

Swiftships, Morgan City, USA: GC16, 17

Commissioned

1982: GC16, 17

Losses

P202 (sunk 1989)

Transfers

None

Discarding

2012: P201

 

Displacement standard, t

31

Displacement full, t

35

Length, m

17.9 wl 19.8 oa

Breadth, m

5.64

Draught, m

1.83

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 12V71TI N75 diesels

Power, h. p.

1020

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil 6

Endurance, nm(kts) 500(8)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment Decca 110 radar

Complement

8

Project history: Swiftships 65ft Commercial Cruiser type. Aluminium hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Comandante Torrijos 1982

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