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SRN-6 Mk8 patrol hovercraft (1981-1982)

Names

8 units

Builders

British Hovercraft Co., East Cowes, UK: 8 units

Completed

1981: 6 units

1982: 2 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1990s: 8 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

17

Length, m

18.3

Breadth, m

8.50

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

50-55

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil 1.7

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

small arms

Electronic equipment Decca radar

Complement

 

Project history: Small patrol hovercrafft. British Hovercraft SR.N6 Mk 8 type. 6t payload.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

1981

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