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NAVY OF VENEZUELA (VENEZUELA)

COASTAL FORCES

MANAURE river patrol launches (1973)

Names

PF21 Manaure

PF22 Mara

PF23 Guaicaipuro

PF24 Tamanaco

Builders

Venezuela: PF21-24

Commissioned

1973: PF21-24

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): PF21-24

 

Displacement standard, t

14

Displacement full, t

18

Length, m

16.5

Breadth, m

4.30

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

PF21, 22: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

PF23, 24: 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment Raytheon 6410 radar

Complement

8

Project history: Assigned to River Command. Resembled USN Swiftboat.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Mara 1998

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