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VC1 motor launches (1956 - 1959)


Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

P751 - 762 VC1 - 12

Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: P751, 752

CMN, Cherbourg: P753 - 762

1956 - 1959: P751 - 762

none

Tunisia, 1960: P761 (إستكلل [Istiklal])

Morocco, 1960: P762 (إل سبق [El Sabiq])

Senegal, 1963: P755 (Casamance)

Madagascar, 1963: P758 (Malaika)

Ivory Coast, 1963: P759 (Perceverance)

Cameroon, 1964: P756 (Vigilante)

Congo, 1966: P754 (to Senegal as Sine Saloum)

Mauretania, 1969: P751

Spain, 1972: P756, 757, 760

late 1970s: P752, 753



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

70

Displacement full, t80
Length, m31.8
Breadth, m4.70
Draught, m1.70
No of shafts2
Machinery2 Mercedes-Benz diesels
Power, h. p.2700
Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil 10

Endurance, nm(kts)1500(15)
Armament2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
Electronic equipmentradar
Complement15


Standard scale images


<i>VC1</i> 1960
VC1 1960


Project history

Patrol boats similar to USCG 95' type.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.