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PORTUGUESE NAVY (PORTUGAL)

COASTAL FORCES

BELLATRIX patrol boats (1961-1970)

Names

P363 Bellatrix

P364 Canopus

P365 Deneb

P366 Espiga

P367 Fomalhaut

P368 Pollux

P377 Altair

P378 Rigel

P1151 Arcturus

P1152 Aldebaran

P1153 Procion

P1154 Sirius

P1155 Vega

Builders

Bayerische Schiffbaugesellschaft, Erlanbach, West Germany: P363-368, 377, 378

Arsenal do Alfeite: P1151-1155

Completed

1961: P363-368

1962: P377, 378

1968: P1151-1153

1970: P1154, 1155

Losses

None

Transfers

Angola, 1975: P366-368, 377, 378

Mozambique, 1975: P1154, 1155

Discarding

1975: P363-365, 1151-1153

Displacement standard, t

23

Displacement full, t

28

Length, m

19.1 wl 20.7 oa

Breadth, m

4.63

Draught, m

1.22

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Cummins diesels

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

7

Project history: Small patrol boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Arcturus 1972

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