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NATIONAL MARITIME SERVICE OF PANAMA

COASTAL FORCES

SANTA CLARA coastal patrol boats (1954/1992)

Names

L15 Santa Clara (ex-MSB25)

L16 Nombre de Dios (ex-MSB28)

L17 Bastimentos (ex-MSB41)

Builders

Trumpy Yachts, Annapolis, USA: L15, 16

Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA: L17

Commissioned

1954 // 1992: L15-17

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1996: L15

2003: L17

2014: L16

 

Displacement standard, t

30

Displacement full, t

44

Length, m

17.5

Breadth, m

4.83

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

300

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment Raytheon radar

Complement

6

Project history: Former USN MSB5-class minesweeping boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Nombre de Dios 2003

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