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SAINT LOUIS large patrol craft (1971-1977)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Saint Louis     SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France 20.4.1970 5.8.1970 1.3.1971 stricken 2003
Poponguine     SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France 12.1973 22.3.1974 10.8.1974 in service (2020)
Podor     SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France 12.1975 20.7.1976 13.7.1977 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

240

Displacement full, t

250

Length, m

45.5 pp 47.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 AGO V12CZSHR diesels

Power, h. p.

6240

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(16)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226 radar

Complement 25

Project history: French P48 type. Steel construction.

Modernizations: 2004, Poponguine: diesels were replaced by 2 SACM-Wärtsilä UD30V12 (4350hp, 23kts), funnel was installed; - 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, Decca 1226 radar; + 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, Furuno 1421 radar

2004, Podor: diesels were replaced by 2 SACM-Wärtsilä UD30V12 (4350hp, 23kts), funnel was installed; - 1 x 1 - 40/70, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, Decca 1226 radar; + 1 x 1 - 20/90 F2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, Furuno 1421 radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Saint Louis 1972

Podor 2011

© Ivan Gogin, 2020