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FALKLAND DESIRE patrol ship (1969/1987)


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Falkland Desire 1987

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Falkland Desire (ex-Southella, ex-Seisella)     Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK     2/1969 // 1.2.1987 off-charter 1989, rechartered 1991, returned 1995


Technical data


Displacement standard, t1900
Displacement full, t 
Length, m

64.3 pp 69.6 oa

Breadth, m12.7
Draught, m4.57
No of shafts1
Machinery1 Mirrles National KMR-8 diesel
Power, h. p.2880
Max speed, kts15
Fuel, tdiesel oil 400
Endurance, nm(kts)15000(15)
Armamentsmall arms, helicopter deck
Electronic equipment2x radars
Complement40


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<i>Falkland Desire </i>1987
Falkland Desire 1987


Project history

Former stern-haul trawler converted in 1986 as a seismic survey and oilfield standby safety vessel.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.