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ex-SIRIUS patrol boats (1970/1975)


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sister-boat Arcturus 1972

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

(ex-Sirius)

(ex-Vega)

Arsenal do Alfeite, Portugal: (ex-Sirius), (ex-Vega)

1970 // 1975:  (ex-Sirius), (ex-Vega)

None

none

late 1980s:  (ex-Sirius), (ex-Vega)



Technical data


Displacement standard, t23
Displacement full, t28
Length, m19.1 wl 20.7 oa
Breadth, m4.63
Draught, m1.22
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 Cummins diesels

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipmentradar
Complement7


Graphics


sister-boat <i>Arcturus </i>1972
sister-boat Arcturus 1972


Project history

Former Portuguese boats of Bellatrix class, served on the Lake Nyasa.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.