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FOX patrol ship (1968/1996)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Fox     Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, UK   6.11.1967 11.7.1968 // 2.1996 returned 3.1997


Technical data


Displacement standard, t800
Displacement full, t1088
Length, m57.8 pp 61.0 oa
Breadth, m11.4
Draught, m3.60
No of shafts2
Machinery4 Lister-Blackstone ERS-8M diesels
Power, h. p.2640
Max speed, kts15
Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)4600(12)
Armamentsmall arms
Electronic equipmenttype 1007 radar
Complement39


Project history

Former Bulldog-class coastal survey ship of the Royal Navy, sold in 1989 and chartered by Falklands in 1996.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.