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CHikala 1984  

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
P703 Chikala, ~1992- P703 Kasungu	SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France: P703	1984: P703	none	none	in service (2020): P703

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	33
Displacement full, t	36
Length, m	18.5 wl 21.0 oa
Breadth, m	4.80
Draught, m	1.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Poyaud 520-V12-M2 diesels
Power, h. p.	1400
Max speed, kts	22
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	650(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/90 F2
Electronic equipment	Decca radar
Complement	10

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Project history

French Antares class, delivered to Lake Nyasa in October 1984 in sections and assembled in Malawi.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Really inoperable since 1993.