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Falkland Islands patrol vessel (SENTINEL) (1975/1984)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sentinel (ex-Seaforth Warrior) P246 1433 Husumweft, Husum, West Germany     27.6.1975 // 14.1.1984 sold 1992

 

Displacement standard, t

710

934brt 745dwt

Displacement full, t

1100

Length, m

60.5 oa 52.8 pp

Breadth, m

13.9

Draught, m

4.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Atlas MaK 12M453 A4 diesels

Power, h. p.

7760

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil 550

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 3 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 1 - 50 flare rocket launchers

Electronic equipment

2x Krupp-Atlas nav. radars

Complement

26

Project history: Former oil rig support ship, converted for Falklands Islands patrol duties, acquired in February 1983. Ice-strengthened. Bow thruster.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sentinel 1984

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

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