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COAST GUARD OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO)

COAST GUARD

TRINITY patrol craft (1965-1972)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Trinity CG1   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK     2.1965 deleted 1986
Courland Bay CG2   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK     2.1965 deleted 1986
Chaguaramas CG3   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK     3.1972 deleted 1988
Bucco Reef CG4   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK     3.1972 deleted 1992

 

Displacement standard, t

CG1, 2: 96

CG3, 4: 100

Displacement full, t

CG1, 2: 123

CG3, 4: 125

Length, m

CG1, 2: 31.4

CG3, 4: 31.5

Breadth, m

5.90

Draught, m

CG1, 2: 1.70

CG3, 4: 1.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman-Ventura YJCM diesels

Power, h. p.

2900

Max speed, kts

CG1, 2: 24.5

CG3, 4: 24

Fuel, t

CG1, 2: diesel oil 18

CG3, 4: diesel oil 20

Endurance, nm(kts)

CG1, 2: 1800(13.5)

CG3, 4: 2000(13)

Armament

CG1, 2: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

CG3, 4: 1 x 1 - 20/80 Mk 7 (HS404)

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

CG1, 2: 17

CG3, 4: 19

 

Project history: Large patrol craft, all fitted with roll damping fins and were air conditioned.

 

Modernizations: None.

 

Naval service: No significant events.

Trinity 1970

Chaguaramas 1975

 

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