home

fighting ships of the world

SRI LANKA NAVY (SRI LANKA)

COASTAL FORCES

P451 patrol boats (1984-1986)

P451 1985

Names

P451

P452

P453, late 1990s- P420, early-2000s- P260, mid-2000s- P401

P454, late 1990s- P421, early 2000s- P261, mid-2000s- P402

P455, late 1990s- P422, early 2000s- P262, mid-2000s- P403, 2013- 42

P456

P457

P458

Builders

Israeli Aircraft Industries, Be'er Sheva, Israel: P451-458

Commissioned

1984: P451-454

1986: P455-458

Losses

P451 (late 1980s), P452 (late 1980s), P456 (Tamil Tigers 29.8.1995), P457 (Tamil Tigers 25.10.1996), P458 (Tamil Tigers 30.3.1996)

Transfers

None

Discarding

in service (2019): P401, 402, 42

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

47

Length, m

21.6

Breadth, m

5.50

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 12V331 TC81 diesels

Power, h. p.

2720

Max speed, kts

36

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1200(17)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Sensors

Decca 926 radar

Complement

12

Project history: Israeli 'Dvora' class. Aluminium construction.

Modernizations: 2010s, all survived: - Decca 926 radar; + type 721UA radar

Naval service: In 2013 P403 was transferred to Coast Guard and renumbered 42.

P401 2013

© Ivan Gogin, 2019