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ROYAL SAUDI NAVY (SAUDI ARABIA)

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RIYADH large patrol craft (1960)

Riyadh 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
ريده [Riyadh]     USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA   1959 1960 deleted 1990

 

Displacement standard, t

100 trials

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

29.0

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.83

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Cummings VT-12-M-700 diesels

Power, h. p.

2324

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

15

Project history: USCG 95ft type (Cape class), transferred under MDAP. Steel hulled.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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