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RAFIKI large patrol craft (1943-1945/1963)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Rafiki (ex-KW4)     Germany     1943-45 // 12.1963 sold 1967
Papa (ex-KW5)     Germany     1943-45 // 12.1963 sold 1967
Uhura (ex-KW9)     Germany     1943-45 // 12.1963 sold 1967
Salama (ex-KW10)     Germany     1943-45 // 12.1963 sold 1967


Technical data


Displacement standard, t110
Displacement full, t112
Length, m

22.3
Breadth, m

6.40
Draught, m2.70
No of shafts

1
Machinery

1 Demag diesel
Power, h. p.

150
Max speed, kts

11
Fuel, t

diesel oil 3.4
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/80 Mk 7 (HS804)
Complement

16


Project history

Former German WWII-era KFK type multipurpose boats, transferred by West German Coast Guard.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016