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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

HQ-56 patrol boats (1998)

HQ-56 2000

Names

HQ-56-59

Builders

Transfield, Brisbane, Australia: HQ-56-59

Completed

1998: HQ-56-59

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): HQ-56-59

 

Displacement standard, t

36

Displacement full, t

44

Length, m

22.4

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2 waterjets

Machinery

2 MTU 12V183 TE93 diesels

Power, h. p.

2300

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil 6.5

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

7

Project history: Used by customs service. Aluminium-construction trimaran fwd and catamaran aft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019