Island class patrol vessel
MY Steve Irwin before being renamed and painted black. | |
Class overview | |
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Builders: | Hall, Russell & Company |
Operators: | Royal Navy (retired) Bangladesh Navy (active) Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (retired) Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (active) |
In commission: | 1976–2004 |
Completed: | 7 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 1,000 tons (standard) 1,280 tons (full load) |
Length: | 195 ft (59 m) (overall) |
Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
Draft: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion: | 1 shafts, 2 diesel, 4,380 hp (Rushton Paxman) Variable pitch propellers. |
Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Range: | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Complement: | 35 |
Sensors and processing systems: | Type 1006 Radar Simrad RU sidescan sonar |
Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun Mark III, replaced by 1 × 30mm gun in some ships |
Why we are buying this type of used ships when we can make them?
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