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FEDERACIÓN fast attack craft (missile) (1975)

Federación 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Federación P12, 1978- PC12   Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK 8.1973 26.2.1974 25.3.1975 in service (2019)
Libertad P14, 1978- PC14   Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK 9.1973 5.3.1974 12.6.1975 in service (2019)
Victoria P16, 1978- PC16   Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK 3.1973 3.9.1974 22.9.1975 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

150 trials

Displacement full, t

170

Length, m

33.5 pp 36.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.16

Draught, m

1.80 hull

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU MD 16V538 TB90 diesels

Power, h. p.

7080

Max speed, kts

31

Fuel, t

diesel oil 24

Endurance, nm(kts)

1350(16)

Armament

2 x 1 Otomat SSM (2 Otomat), 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment SPQ-2D, Decca radars

Complement

20

Project history: Vosper Thomycroft designed attack craft in gun and missile armed variants.

Modernizations: 1989, all: - 1 x 1 - 40/70; + 1 x 1 - 30/82 OTO-Breda 559, Medusa Mk 3 e/o director

Naval service: All boats were transferred in 1983 to Coast Guard but later returned to Navy.

Libertad 2009

© Ivan Gogin, 2019