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SÃO TOME AND PRINCIPE NAVY (SÃO TOME AND PRINCIPE)

COASTAL FORCES

GC002 patrol launch (2012)

Names

GC002

Builders

SAFE Boats, Port Orchard, USA: GC002

Completed

2012: GC002

Losses

None

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2020): GC002

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

13

Length, m

12.8

Breadth, m

4.10

Draught, m

0.80

No of shafts

2 waterjets

Machinery

2 Caterpillar C9 diesels

Power, h. p.

550

Max speed, kts

36

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

300(25)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

Furuno radar

Complement

3

Project history: Archangel 42ft response boat. Bare aluminium structure with polyethylene rigid foam collar.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2020