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SRI LANKA NAVY (SRI LANKA)

COASTAL FORCES

P450 patrol boats (1996-2005)

Names

Mk I:

P450, 451

Mk II:

P490-497

Mk III:

P410-424

Mk IV:

P430-439

Builders

Colombo DYd: P410-424, 430-439, 450, 451, 490-497

Commissioned

1996: P450, 451

1997-1999: P490-497

2000-2004: P410-424

2005: P430-439

Losses

P413 (Tamil Tigers, date unknown), P416 (Tamil Tigers, date unknown), P418 (Tamil Tigers 11.5.2006), P431 (Tamil Tigers, date unknown), P434 (Tamil Tigers 2009), P438 (Tamil Tigers 22.3.2008), P493 (Tamil Tigers 21.3.2001), P495 (Tamil Tigers, date unknown), P496 (Tamil Tigers 21.3.2001)

Transfers

None

Discarding

in service (2019): P410-412, 414, 415, 417, 419-424, 430, 432, 433, 435-437, 439, 450, 451, 490-492, 494, 497

 

Displacement standard, t

56

Displacement full, t

74

Length, m

24.8

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Mk I, II: 2 MTU 12V396 TE94 diesels

Mk III, IV: 2 Deutz TBD620 16V diesels

Power, h. p.

4570

Max speed, kts

46

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

850(16)

Armament

1 x 1 - 23/87 Typhoon, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 x 1 - 12.7/79, 8 x 1 - 7.6/90

Sensors

Furuno FR8250D radar, MSIS e/o system

Complement

15

Project history: Aluminium construction. Built by Colombo DYd to the Israeli 'Shaldag' design.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: No significant events.

P412 2013

© Ivan Gogin, 2019