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PALMACH patrol boat (1940s/1948)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

M19 פלמ"ח [Palmach] (ex-Moretta)

UK: M19

1940s // 1948: M19

M19 (early 1950s)

none

none


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t 
Length, m 
Breadth, m 
Draught, m 
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t 
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

none

Complement 


Project history

Former British Government vessel Moretta. Purchased from British mandate government.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.