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SOUTH YEMENI NAVY / YEMENI NAVY (SOUTH YEMEN / YEMEN)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

Tracker 2 patrol boats (1977-1978)

Names

5 units, inc. No1034

Builders

Fairey Marine, Southampton, UK: 5 units

Commissioned

1977-1978: 5 units

Losses

4 units (1/1986)

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1990s: 1 unit (No1034)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

31

Length, m

19.3

Breadth, m

4.98

Draught, m

1.45

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 8V331 TC diesels

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

650(25)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Sensors

radar

Complement

11

Project history: Fairey Tracker-2 class. Customs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: 4 units were lost during 1986 coup.

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