T Craft-class patrol vessel

1. T Craft-class patrol vessel · Wikipedia revision 1374085100 ↗

   Name

   Infobox · Name

   T Craft class

   Operators

   Infobox · Operators

   South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)

   Completed

   Infobox · Completed

   6

   Active

   Infobox · Active

   6

   Class & type

   Infobox · Class & type

   Patrol boat

   Displacement

   Infobox · Displacement

   36 long tons (37 t)

   Length

   Infobox · Length

   22 m (72.2 ft)

   Beam

   Infobox · Beam

   7 m (23.0 ft)

   Draught

   Infobox · Draught

   0.9 m (3.0 ft)

   Installed power

   Infobox · Installed power

   2,000 hp (1,500 kW)

   Propulsion

   Infobox · Propulsion

   2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets

   Speed

   Infobox · Speed

   32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)

   Range

   Infobox · Range

   530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

   Capacity

   Infobox · Capacity

   16 (1 officer)

   Sensors & processing systems

   Infobox · Sensors & processing systems

   Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band

   Armament

   Infobox · Armament

   1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun

   Country of origin

   Article text · whole-class construction country

   Comprising three vessels, the class was constructed in South Africa and entered service in 1992.

   Manufacturer

   Article text · exact named construction or assembly scope

   Three vessels were ordered in mid-1991, and were built by T Craft International in Cape Town .

   Manufacturer

   Construction · three South African T Craft vessels

   Three vessels were ordered in mid-1991, and were built by T Craft International in Cape Town . The first vessel was commissioned into the South African Navy as P1552 in June 1992. The second vessel was commissioned as P1553 in June 1996 and the third as P1554 in December 1996. Three vessels of this type were also built for Israel in 1997. In 2003, the three vessels were given new names, keeping their old names as pennant numbers . P1152 became SAS Tobie (P1552), P1553 became SAS Tern (P1553) and P1554 became SAS Tekwane (P1554).

   Crew

   Design · Crew

   These boats are twin-hulled catamarans of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) sandwich construction, with a complement of 16 personnel including one officer.

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