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ROYAL VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE FORCE (VIRGIN ISLANDS)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

PB1 patrol launch (1994)

Names

PB1

Builders

SeaArk, Monticello, USA: PB1

Commissioned

1994: PB1

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

~2015: PB1

 

 

Displacement standard, t

11

Displacement full, t

15

Length, m

12.2

Breadth, m

3.86

Draught, m

0.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3208TA diesels

Power, h. p.

690

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

400(22)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

Raytheon R40X radar

Complement

5

Project history: Royal Police. US 40ft Dauntless class. Second unit, delivered in 1999, was used as pilot boat.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

PB1 1993

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