Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
P202 | Swiftships, Morgan City, USA | 4.1977 // 1984 | abandoned 12.1992 |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement full, t |
118 |
Length, m |
31.7 |
Breadth, m |
7.10 |
Draught, m |
2.16 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 MTU MB 16V538 TB90 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
7000 |
Max speed, kts |
32 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 1000(18) |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec EX-30 |
Electronic equipment |
Decca RM916 radar |
Complement | 21 |
Project history: US 'Swiftships' type. Six ordered in 1976, four delivered in April 1977 before the cessation of US arms to Ethiopia. Aluminium construction. Crew of P202 defected to Somalia in 1984 and escaped there onboard the boat.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: P202 was abandoned by her crew during UN intervention to Somalia in December 1992.
P203 1978
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