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ESSEQUIBO patrol ship (1986/2001)
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Essequibo 2001
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essequibo (ex-Orwell) | 1026 | 568 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth, UK | 4.6.1984 | 7.2.1985 | 22.3.1986 // 22.6.2001 | in service (2020) |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 770 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 890 |
| Length, m | 42.0 pp 47.6 oa |
| Breadth, m | 10.5 |
| Draught, m | 3.10 hull 3.75 max |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 Ruston 6RKCM diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 3040 |
| Max speed, kts | 14 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil 88 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4500(10) |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90 |
| Electronic equipment | 2x Decca RM 1226 radars |
| Complement | 32 |
Standard scale images
Essequibo 2005
Graphics
Essequibo 2001
Project history
Former RN River-class minesweeper, retired from RN in July 2000 and sold to Guyana in April 2001. Recommissioned 22.6.2001. All sweep gear has been removed before transfer.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
In 2010s ship was presumably disarmed and used as a cadet training ship.
