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TANZANIAN NAVY (TANZANIA)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

UNGUJA patrol boats (1973-1974)

Names

Unguja

Pemba

Mnemba

Miwi

Builders

Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: Unguja, Pemba, Mnemba, Miwi

Commissioned

1973: Unguja, Pemba

1974: Mnemba, Miwi

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1998: Unguja?

2000: Pemba?

in service (2020): Mnemba, Miwi?

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

70

Length, m

22.9

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar D348 diesels

Power, h. p.

1450

Max speed, kts

24.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

800(20)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Sensors

radar

Complement

11

Project history: 75ft Vosper design, assigned to Zanzibar Coast Guard.

 

Modernizations: 1990s, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/70, radar; + 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, Furuno radar

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2020