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Protector patrol boats (2000s)

Protector class 2015

Names

4 units

Builders

Bollinger, Lockport: 4 units

Commissioned

2000s: 4 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2020): 4 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

91

Length, m

24.9 pp 26.5 oa

Breadth, m

5.92

Draught, m

1.74

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 8V396TE94 diesels

Power, h. p.

2950

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

diesel oil 9

Endurance, nm(kts)

882(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

SPS-73 radar

Complement

10

Project history: Identical to USCG Barracuda ('Protector') class. Hull form is based on Netherlands Damen's STANPAT 2600 design. Steel-hull construction with Russian-made extruded aluminium panel superstructure. Use a stern ramp to launch and recover 4.6m 30kts RIB.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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