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PERUVIAN COAST GUARD (PERU)

COAST GUARD SHIPS

RÍO VIRÚ patrol launches (1981-1982)

Names

235 Río Virú

236 Río Lurín

237 Río Surco

Builders

Camcraft, Crownpoint, USA: 235-237

Commissioned

1981: 235

1982: 236, 237

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1990s: 237

2017-18: 236

in service (2019): 235

 

Displacement standard, t

13

Displacement full, t

14

Length, m

13.1

Breadth, m

3.80

Draught, m

1.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 210(11)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Raytheon 2800 radar

Complement

6

Project history: Small launches. Aluminium hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Río Virú 2008

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