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Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
P37 - 40	East Indies Yards: P37 - 40	1942: P37 - 40	P37 (3/1942), P38 (3/1942), P39 (3/1942), P40 (3/1942)	None	None

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	~30
Displacement full, t
Length, m	22.0 pp
Breadth, m
Draught, m
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 diesel
Power, h. p.	165
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94
Complement

Project history

Patrol and guard boats which were a part of the Gouvernementmarine, type "P" were slow-speed, and type "S" were fast. Built on colonial wharfs under own projects, slightly improved from a series to a series.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All boats were lost or have been destroyed by crews during time of Japanese offensive.