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NAVY OF VENEZUELA (VENEZUELA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

MARGARITA landing craft (1984)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Margarita T71   Swiftships, Morgan City, USA     20.1.1984 in service (2019)
La Orchilla T72   Swiftships, Morgan City, USA     2.4.1984 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

428

Length, m

39.6

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel 16V149N diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil 64

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load vehicles, deck cargo, 108t fuel, 149t water

Electronic equipment

Raytheon 6410 radar

Complement

21

Project history: Aluminium construction. Have a bow ramp with 60t capacity and 15t crane.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Both were transferred to River command in 1984.

Margarita 1999

© Ivan Gogin, 2019