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KULA patrol boats (1994-1995)


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Kiro 1998

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kula 201   Transfield ASI, South Coogie, Australia     28.5.1994 in service (2020)
Kikau 202   Transfield ASI, South Coogie, Australia     27.5.1995 in service (2020)
Kiro 203   Transfield ASI, South Coogie, Australia     14.10.1995 in service (2020)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t148
Displacement full, t165
Length, m

28.6 pp 31.5 oa
Breadth, m

8.10
Draught, m

2.12
No of shafts

2 + 1 waterjet
Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3516 Phase II diesels + 1 Caterpillar 3412TA diesel
Power, h. p.

2820 + 775
Max speed, kts

26
Fuel, t

diesel oil 28
Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(12)
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment

Furuno 1011 radar
Complement

17


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<i>Kiro </i>1998
Kiro 1998


Project history

Australian ASI315 design. At first four boats of that design were ordered in 1985 but order was cancelled with the change in Fiji's government, boats were transferred to Tonga and other Pacific island countries. Three boats of improved version were ordered again in 1992. Carry 5m boarding launch.

Modernizations

2010-2012, all: central shaft was removed (2 Caterpillar 3516 Phase II diesels, 2820hp, 20kts).

Naval service

No significant events.