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NAVY OF VENEZUELA (VENEZUELA)

COASTAL FORCES

RĺO ARAUCA II patrol launches (1987)

Names

B8421 Río Arauca II

B8422 Río Catatumbo II

B8423 Río Apure II

B8424 Río Nearo II

B8425 Río Meta II

B8426 Río Portuguesa II

B8427 Río Sarare

B8428 Río Uribante

B8429 Río Cinaruco

B8430 Río Icabara

B8431 Río Guarico II

B8432 Río Yaracuy

Builders

SeaArk Workboat, Monticello, USA: B8421-8432

Commissioned

1987: B8421-8432

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): B8421-8432

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

15

Length, m

12.6 pp 13.3 oa

Breadth, m

4.47

Draught, m

1.17

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 8V92T diesels

Power, h. p.

1100

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

600(25)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment Furuno FR10 or Raytheon 1900 radar

Complement

4

Project history: Aluminium construction. All were completed in 1984 but due financial problems delivered only in 1987.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Río Sarare 1996

© Ivan Gogin, 2019