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REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NAVY (SOUTH VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

SWIFT type patrol craft (1965-1967/1968-1970)

Names

107 boats, presumably HQ3800-3887 and later

Builders

Sewart Seacraft, Berwick, USA: 107 boats

Commissioned

1965-1967 // 1968-1970: 107 boats

Losses

unknown

107 boats (to North Vietnam 1975)

Transfers

none

Discarding

unknown

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

23

Length, m

15.3

Breadth, m

4.00

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

960

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 1 x (1 - 81/12 M29 mortar + 1 - 12.7/90)

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

6

Project history: All-metal inshore patrol craft (PCF).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

HQ3825 1970

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