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SRI LANKA NAVY (SRI LANKA)

COASTAL FORCES

P441 patrol boats (1995-1999)

similar P451 1985

Names

P441, late 1990s- P460

P496, late 1990s- P461

P497, late 1990s- P462

P463-465

Builders

Israeli Aircraft Industries, Be'er Sheva, Israel: P441, 463-465, 496, 497

Commissioned

1995: P441

1996: P461, 462

1998: P463

1999: P464, 465

Losses

P461 (Tamil Tigers 2006), P463 (Tamil Tigers 7.4.2000)

Transfers

None

Discarding

in service (2019): P460, 462, 464, 465

 

Displacement standard, t

50

Displacement full, t

54

Length, m

24.0

Breadth, m

5.60

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 12V396 TE94 diesels

Power, h. p.

4570

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

700(30)

Armament

1 x 2 - 23/87 Typhoon, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 x 1 - 12.7/79, 6 x 1 - 7.6/90

Sensors

Koden MD3220 Mk 2 radar, MSIS e/o system

Complement

10

Project history: Israeli 'Super Dvora Mk 2' class. Aluminium construction.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: No significant events.

1999

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