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BOUET-WILLAUMEZ patrol boat (1941/1961)


Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

VP775 Bouet-Willaumez (ex-VP775, ex-VP25, ex-HDML1021)

Robinson, Lowestoft, UK: VP775

1941 // 1961: VP775

none

none

1968: VP775



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

46

Displacement full, t54
Length, m22.0
Breadth, m4.83
Draught, m1.40 deep load
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 Thornycroft diesels

Power, h. p.

260

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Electronic equipmenttype 291 radar
Complement10


Standard scale images


<i>Bouet-Willaumez</i> 1965
Bouet-Willaumez 1965


Project history

Former British HDML class patrol launch, transferred by France.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.