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POLSIETE patrol boats (1950s/1989-1990)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

Polsiete, 1993- P75 Polsiete, 2001- PC294 Laguna de Alvarado

Polocho, 1993- P76 Polocho, 2001- PC295 Laguna de Catemaco

USA: Polsiete, Polocho

1950s // 1989: Polsiete

1950s // 1990: Polocho

None

None

2010: PC294, 295



Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

72

Length, m

19.6

Breadth, m

5.72

Draught, m1.83
No of shafts1
Machinery

1 General Motors 64HN11 diesel

Power, h. p.

165

Max speed, kts

9.5

Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)110(9.5)
Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement 


Project history

Former US 64ft Distribution Box (L-type) Boat class. Were built to set and recover mine distribution boxes for controlled minefields but later used as general-purpose tenders and patrol boats. Had a 2.5-ton crane forward, replaced under Mexican flag by a machinegun.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.