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050 patrol hovercraft (1970-1983)

050 1970

Names

050-065

Builders

British Hovercraft Co., East Cowes, UK: 050-065

Completed

1970: 050-057

1981: 058, 059

1982: 060-063

1983: 064, 065

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1995: 12 units

in service (2019): 4 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

11

Length, m

14.8

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

1.20 / 0

No of shafts

1 air propeller

Machinery

1 Rolls-Royce Gnome 1050 gas turbine

Power, h. p.

1050

Max speed, kts

60

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

170(54)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

3

Project history: Small patrol hovercraft. British Hovercraft SR.N6 type.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

1971

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