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PAPUA NEW GUINEA DEFENCE FORCE MARITIME ELEMENT (PAPUA NEW GUINEA)

COASTAL FORCES

TARANGAU patrol boats (1987-1989)

Tarangau 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tarangau, 2008- Rabaul 01   Tarnsfield ASI, South Coogie, Australia   1987 16.5.1987 in service (2020)
Dreger 02   Tarnsfield ASI, South Coogie, Australia 12.1.1987 7.9.198 31.10.1987 in service (2020)
Seeadler 03   Tarnsfield ASI, South Coogie, Australia 21.3.1988 4.9.1988 29.10.1988 in service (2020)
Basilisk, 2008- Moresby 04   Tarnsfield ASI, South Coogie, Australia 19.10.1988 7.5.1989 1.7.1989 in service (2020)

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

165

Length, m

28.6 pp 31.5 oa

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3516TA diesels

Power, h. p.

2820

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil 28

Endurance, nm(kts) 2500(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Furuno radar

Complement

17

Project history: Australian ASI315 'Pacific Forum' design - boats, built for Pacific island countries by Australian government as an aid. Carry 5m aluminium boarding boat. Steel hull with aluminium superstructure.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Dreger 2013

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