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H181 air-cushion patrol boats (2000-2014)


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H185 2004

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

H181 - 198

Griffon Hovercraft, Woolston, UK: H181, 182

Garden Reach, Kolkata: H183-198

2000: H181

2001: H182-185

2002: H186

2012: H187-189

2013: H190-194

2014: H195-198

none

none

in service (2019): H181-198



Technical data


Displacement standard, t18
Displacement full, t

24

Length, m

19.9 hull 21.2 oa

Breadth, m

8.70 hull 11.3 oa

Draught, m

0.32 / 0

No of shafts

2 air propellers

Machinery

2 MTU 12V183 TB32 diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

diesel oil 2

Endurance, nm(kts)

400(45)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/79

Electronic equipment

Raytheon R-80 radar

Complement

13



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H185 2004
H185 2004


Project history

British 8000TDX design. Aluminium construction. Can carry 8t payload.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.