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SRI LANKA NAVY (SRI LANKA)

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DIYAWARA patrol vessel (1972/2005)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
දියවර [Diyawara] (ex-Simon Keghian, ex-Thierry Pascal) P622, 2007- A521   Stozcniz imeni Komuny Pariskej, Gdynia, Poland     1972 // 26.4.2005 TS 2007, in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

590

Length, m

46.2 pp 54.3 oa

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

5.19

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Crepelle 8R26L diesel

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

14.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

5500(9)

Armament

3 x 2 - 14.5/93, 5 x 1 - 12.7/79

Electronic equipment

Furuno FR2125 radar

Complement

57

Project history: Trawler, donated by a French humanitarian association to a local group of Sri Lankan fishermen in February 2005 after the 26.12.2004 tsunami. Requisitioned by Sri Lankan government in March 2005 for use as patrol and training vessel.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Diyawara 2009

© Ivan Gogin, 2019