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PARAGUAYAN NAVY (PARAGUAY)

COASTAL FORCES

LP07 river patrol launches (1989-1991)

Names

LP07 - 19

Builders

Arsenal de Marina, Asunción: LP07-19

Commissioned

1989: LP07

1990: LP08, 09

1991: LP10, 11

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

2012: LP07

in service (2019): LP08-11

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

18

Length, m

14.7

Breadth, m

3.06

Draught, m

0.85

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

340

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

240(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment none

Complement

4

Project history: Small  launches. Planned building of 13 units was stooped on fifth. Steel construction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In early 1990s all were stricken but returned to service in early 2000s after refit.

LP10 2003

© Ivan Gogin, 2019