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IJZER riverine patrol boats (1953-1954)


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Meuse 1985

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

P900 Ijzer

P901 Leie

P903 Meuse

P904 Sambre

P905 Schelde

P906 Semois

P907 Rupel

P908 Ourthe

Hitzler, Regensburg, West Germany: P900, 901, 903-908

1953: P900, 901, 903-906

1954: P907, 908

1974: P908 (2nd time)

None

None

1963: P908 (1st time)

1969: P900

1983: P907, 908 (2nd time)

1984: P904, 905

1985: P901, 906

1987: P903



Technical data


Displacement standard, t25
Displacement full, t28
Length, m23.3
Breadth, m3.80
Draught, m0.90
No of shafts2
Machinery2 MWM diesels
Power, h. p.440
Max speed, kts19
Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Complement7


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<i>Meuse </i>1985
Meuse 1985


Project history

Small patrol boats for riverine service.

Modernizations

1960s-1970s, all: + Decca 1214 radar

Naval service

No significant events.