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ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

COASTAL FORCES

VG50 patrol boats (1982)

Names

VG50

VG51, 2005- MAI2218

Builders

Şantierul Naval Drobeta Turnu Severin: VG50, 51

Commissioned

1982: VG50, 51

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 2000s: VG50

2011: MAI2218

 

Displacement standard, t

88

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

33.3

Breadth, m

5.00

Draught, m

0.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mercedes-Benz MB836DB diesels

Power, h. p.

840

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

3 x 2 - 14.5/93

Complement

8

Project history: Small river patrol boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 2005 one boat was transferred to Frontier Police.

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