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KAWKAB patrol boats (Abu Dhabi) (1969)


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Baniyas 1976

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

P561 كوكب [Kawkab]

P562 ثعبان [Thoaban]

P563 بانياس [Baniyas]

Keith Nelson, Bembridge, UK: P561-563

1969: P561-563

none

none

1995: P561-563



Technical data


Displacement standard, t32
Displacement full, t38
Length, m

15.8 pp 17.5 oa

Breadth, m

4.72

Draught, m

1.37

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar diesels

Power, h. p.

750

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

445(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/80 A41A

Electronic equipmentDecca RM916 radar
Complement

11



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<i>Baniyas </i>1976
Baniyas 1976


Project history

Glasse fibre-hulled boats of Abu Dhabi Marine Police, transferred to Marine Poilce of UAE in July 1977.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.