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Manatee Bay 1979

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

P4 Discovery Bay

P5 Holland Bay

P6 Manatee Bay

Sewart Seacraft, Berwick, USA: P4-6

1966: P4

1967: P5, 6

None

None

1991: P4-6



Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t60
Length, m

25.9

Breadth, m

5.70

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

3

Machinery3 General Motors 16V71N diesels
Power, h. p.

700

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil 13

Endurance, nm(kts)500(12)
Armament

3 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipmentradar
Complement11


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<i>Manatee Bay </i>1979
Manatee Bay 1979


Project history

Patrol boats of 85ft Commercial Cruiser type, built under MDAP.

Modernizations

1972-1973, all: diesels were replaced by 3 General Motors 12V71 (~2700hp, 27kts, 800(20)nm)

1975, Discovery Bay; 1977, Holland Bay, Manatee Bay: diesels were replaced by 3 MTU 8V331 TC81 (3000hp, 30kts)

Naval service

No significant events.