PARAGUAY

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RORAIMA CLASS PATROL CRAFT

 

P Name Builder Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Comments
05 Itaipu Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro 16 Mar 1984 2 Apr 1985
   

 

   
LENGTH 46.30m
BEAM 8.45m
DISPLACEMENT 220 tons / 384 tons (fl)
ARMAMENT 1 / 40mm 60-cal. Bofors Mk3 AA
2 / 12.7mm machine guns
2 / 81mm mortars
MACHINERY 2 MAN V6V 16/18TL diesels; 2 props; 1824bhp
SPEED 14.5 knots
RANGE 4500 / 11
COMPLEMENT 40 + 30 marines
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BOUCHARD CLASS PATROL CRAFT

 

P Name Builder Launched Commissioned Transferred Decommissioned Comments
02 Nanawa
ex Bouchard
Rio Santiago NY 20 Mar 1936 16 May 1937 Jan 1964
03 Capitan Meza
ex Seaver
Rio Santiago NY *** *** ***

***

Immobile barracks hulk
04 Teniente Farina
ex Py
Rio Santiago NY 31 Mar 1938 1 Jul 1938 6 Mar 1968
   

 

   
LENGTH 59.50m
BEAM 7.30m
DISPLACEMENT 450 tons / 650 tons (fl)
ARMAMENT 4 / 40mm 60-cal. Bofors AA (II x 2)
2 / 12.7mm machine guns
MACHINERY 2 MAN diesels; 2 props; 2000bhp
SPEED 16 knots
RANGE 3000 / 12
COMPLEMENT 70
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COMMENTS -

 

PARAGUAY CLASS PATROL CRAFT

 

C Name Builder Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Comments
1 Paraguay
ex Comodoro Meyo
Cantieri Odero,
Genoa
*** May 1931
2 Humaita
ex Capitan Cabral
Cantieri Odero,
Genoa
*** May 1931

6 Sep 2000

Museum Ship
   

 

   
LENGTH 70.15m
BEAM 10.70m
DISPLACEMENT 636 tons / 856 tons (fl)
ARMAMENT 4 / 120mm 50-cal. Ansaldo Model 1926 (C1 only)
3 / 76mm 40-cal. Odero-Terni Model 1917 AA
2 / 40mm 39-cal. Odero-Terni Model 1928 AA
2 / 20mm Oerlikon AA
MACHINERY 2 MAN diesels; 2 props; 2000bhp
SPEED 16 knots
RANGE 3000 / 12
COMPLEMENT 70
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CAPITAN CABRAL CLASS PATROL CRAFT

 

P Name Builder Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Comments
1 Capitan Cabral
ex Triunfo
ex Adolfo Riquelme
Werd Conrad,
Haarlem
*** 1908
   

 

   
LENGTH 34.50m
BEAM 7.10m
DISPLACEMENT 180 tons / 206 tons (fl)
ARMAMENT 1 / 40mm 60-cal. Bofors Mk3 AA
2 / 20mm 70-cal. Oerlikon AA
2 / 12.7mm machine guns
MACHINERY 1 Caterpillar diesel; 1 prop
SPEED 8 knots
RANGE -
COMPLEMENT 25
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COMMENTS -

 

TZU CHIANG CLASS PATROL BOATS

 

P Name Builder Launched Commissioned Transferred Decommissioned Comments
06 Capitan Ortiz
ex FABG 3
China Shipbuilding Corp.,
Kaohsiung
*** 31 Dec 1977 Nov 1994
07 Teniente Robles
ex FABG 4
China Shipbuilding Corp.,
Kaohsiung
*** 31 Dec 1977 Nov 1994
   

 

   
LENGTH 22.86m
BEAM 5.49m
DISPLACEMENT 47 tons (fl)
ARMAMENT 1 / 20mm 70-cal. Oerlikon AA
1 / 12.7mm machine gun
MACHINERY 3 MTU diesels; 3 props; 4020bhp
SPEED 38 knots
RANGE 1200 / 17
COMPLEMENT 12
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