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

COASTAL FORCES

TED DIRO patrol craft (2019-)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ted Diro 401   Austal, Henderson, Australia     1.2.2019 in service (2020)
  402   Austal, Henderson, Australia     2020 building (2020)
  403   Austal, Henderson, Australia     2021 building (2020)
  404   Austal, Henderson, Australia     2022 building (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

39.6

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3516C diesels

Power, h. p.

5440

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(12)

Armament

small arms
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

23

Project history: Australian PPBR project, replacement for ASI315 boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Ted Diro 2019

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