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COAST GUARD OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO)

COAST GUARD

NELSON patrol ship (1977/2000)

Nelson 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nelson (ex-Orkney) CG20 972 Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK 1975 29.6.1976 25.2.1977 // 18.12.2000 discarded 2015

 

Displacement standard, t

998

Displacement full, t

1280

Length, m

52.0 pp 61.1 oa

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

4.27

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 Ruston 12-RK 3 CM diesels

Power, h. p.

5640

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 310

Endurance, nm(kts)

11000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

type 1006 radar, SU 'Sidescan' sonar, DEA-1 CCS

Complement

35

Project history: Former Royal Navy Island-class patrol ship, retired from the RN in 1999, transferred in 2000 and recommissioned 22.2.2001. Disarmed before the transfer.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Nelson 2009

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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