BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701)
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History | |
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Philippines | |
Name | BRP Teresa Magbanua |
Namesake | Teresa Magbanua |
Ordered | February 7, 2020[1] |
Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd [2] |
Cost | 14.55 billion yen for two units[3] |
Launched | July 26, 2021[2] |
Acquired | February 21, 2022 |
Commissioned | May 6, 2022 |
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General characteristics | |
Length | 96.6 m (317 ft)[5] |
Beam | 11.5 m (38 ft)[1] |
Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft)[1] |
Propulsion | 2 × diesel engines, with total output of 13,200 kW (17,700 shp)[6] |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) maximum sustained[2] |
Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 12 knots[2] |
Endurance | more than 15 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB |
Complement | Maximum: 67 officers and sailors |
Armament | To be determined |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Airbus H145 helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck for 1 × Airbus H145 helicopter |
The BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) is the lead ship of her class of patrol vessels operated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The service officially classifies her as a multi-role response vessel (MRRV). She is one of the largest, and most modern vessels of the PCG.[7]
She is named after Teresa Magbanua, a Filipino schoolteacher who participated in all three resistance movements in Philippine history: against Spain (in the Philippine Revolution), the United States (in the Philippine–American War), and Japan (in World War II).[8]