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TANZANIAN NAVY (TANZANIA)

COASTAL FORCES

pr. 183 patrol boats (1957-1958/1974-1975)

1975

Names

(ex-Artur Becker, ex-801/826, ex-S-68)

(ex-Hans Coppie, ex-823/863, ex-105)

(ex-Fritz Heckert, ex-826/866)

Builders

5 Yd, Leningrad, USSR: 3 units

Commissioned

10.1957 // 1974-75: (ex-Artur Becker)

10.1958 // 1974-75: (ex-Hans Coppie), (ex-Fritz Heckert)

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: 3 units

 

 

Displacement standard, t

57

Displacement full, t

67

Length, m

25.5

Breadth, m

6.18

Draught, m

1.24

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 M-50FTK diesels

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

43

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(14)

Armament

2 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M

Sensors

Zarnitsa radar

Complement

14

Project history: Former East German project 183 fast attack craft, transferred without TTs.

 

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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