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TANZANIAN NAVY (TANZANIA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

PONO landing craft (1995-2016)

Pono 2000

Names

L08 Pono

L09 Kibua

LC13 Mbono

LC14 Sehewa

Builders

Guangzhou, China: L08, 09, LC13, 14

Commissioned

1995: L08, 09

2016: LC13, 14

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2020): L08, 09, LC13, 14

 

Displacement standard, t

58

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

24.8

Breadth, m

5.20

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 12V150C diesels

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

11.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 450(11.5)

Armament

2 x 2 - 14.5/93

Electronic equipment

none
Military load

50 t of cargo or 150 troops

Complement 12

Project history: Chinese type 069 LCM-type craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Pono 2001

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