home

fighting ships of the world

VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

HQ-37 patrol craft (1998-2003)

Names

HQ-37

HQ-55

BP-29-01-01

BP-29-98-01

Builders

VINASHIN, Ninh Hoa: HQ-37, 55, BP-29-01-01, 29-98-01

Commissioned

1998-2003: HQ-37, 55, BP-29-01-01, 29-98-01

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): HQ-37, 55, BP-29-01-01, 29-98-01

 

Displacement standard, t

38

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

29.0

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Scania DI14 diesels

Power, h. p.

2500

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 2 - 14.5/93

Sensors

Lotsiya radar

Complement

11 - 14

Project history: Vietnamese version of Soviet project 1400ME with simplified hullform and superstructure shape.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

HQ-55 2000

© Ivan Gogin, 2019