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CHIKALA patrol boat (1984)


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CHikala 1984  

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

P703 Chikala, ~1992- P703 Kasungu

SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France: P703

1984: P703

none

none

in service (2020): P703


Technical data


Displacement standard, t33
Displacement full, t36
Length, m

18.5 wl 21.0 oa

Breadth, m4.80
Draught, m1.50
No of shafts2
Machinery2 Poyaud 520-V12-M2 diesels
Power, h. p.1400
Max speed, kts22
Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)650(15)
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/90 F2

Electronic equipment

Decca radar

Complement10


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<i>CHikala </i> 1984  
CHikala 1984  


Project history

French Antares class, delivered to Lake Nyasa in October 1984 in sections and assembled in Malawi.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Really inoperable since 1993.