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TUNISIAN NAVY (TUNISIA)

COASTAL FORCES

ISTIKLAL patrol craft (1957/1959, 1961-1967)

VC1 1960

Names

P201 إستكلل [Istiklal] (ex-VC11)

P202 جومهورا [Joumhouria]

P203 أل جلا [Al Jala]

P204 رمدا [Remada]

Builders

CN de l'Esterel, France: P201-204

Completed

1957 // 3.1959: P201

1/1961: P202

11/1963: P203

7/1967: P204

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2012: P201-204

  

Displacement standard, t

70

Displacement full, t

82

Length, m

31.8

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Mercedes-Benz diesels

Power, h. p.

2700

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Electronic equipment Decca 1226 radar

Complement

17

 

Project history: French VC1 class, one boat was transferred by French Navy and three were built for Tunisia.

 

Modernizations: None.

 

Naval service: No significant events.

Remada 1997

 

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