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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (NORTH VIETNAM / VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

pr. 55A patrol craft (1958-1964)

1965

Names

12 boats

Builders

Wuzhou SY, China: 12 boats

Commissioned

1958: 6 boats

1964: 6 boats

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: 12 boats

 

Displacement standard, t

75

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

25.7

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 3D12 diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 750(15)

Armament

2 x 2 - 37/63 type 61 or 2 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 8 DC

Electronic equipment Reya or Zarnitsa radar

Complement

17

Project history: Former Chinese Project 55A patrol craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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