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COLONIA large patrol craft (1953-1958/1990)

Colonia 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Colonia (ex-Cape Higgon, ex-WPB95302) 10   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA     14.10.1953 // 25.1.1990 in service (2019)
Río Negro (ex-Cape Horn, ex-WPB95322) 11   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA     3.9.1958 // 25.1.1990 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

98

Displacement full, t

148

Length, m

29.0

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

1.55

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 16V149 TI diesels

Power, h. p.

2470

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment SPS-64(v)1 radar

Complement

14

Project history: Former USCG cutters of 'Cape' class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Río Negro 2014

© Ivan Gogin, 2019