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Swift Mk II patrol boats (1971)

Names

P16 Kiala

P25 Luadia

P51 Kanitsha

P62 Mboko

2 other units

Builders

Swiftships, Morgan City, USA: 6 units

Commissioned

1971: 6 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1984: 2 units

1997: P16, 25, 51, 62

 

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

19

Length, m

15.6

Breadth, m

4.14

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71N diesels

Power, h. p.

860

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

400(24)

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

 

Complement

12

Project history: US Swift Mk II class. Used on inland lakes. Aluminium construction.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

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