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REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)

COASTAL FORCES

PB60 fast attack craft (gun) (1971-1973)

Names

PB60-81

Builders

China SB, Kaohsiung: PB60-81

Completed

1971-1973: PB60-81

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2016: PB60-81

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

11

Length, m

12.8

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2 Arneson surface-piercing outdrives

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 400

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

 

Project history: First warships of indigenous Taiwanese construction. GRP construction.

Modernizations: 1990s, all: - 1 x 1 - 40/60; + 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service: No significant events.

PB60

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