Namacurra-class patrol boat

Namacurra-class patrol boats
Class overview
BuildersTornado Products, South Africa
Operators
Built1980–1981
In commission1980–present
Planned33
Completed33
Active32
Lost1
General characteristics
Class and typeHarbour patrol craft
Displacement
  • t (3.9 long tons) light
  • 5.2 t (5.1 long tons) fully loaded
Length9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Beam2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Draught0.8 m (2 ft 7 in)
Propulsion2 × 280 kW (380 bhp) gasoline engines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range180 nmi (330 km; 210 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement4
Sensors and
processing systems
Surface search: Furuno I-band
Armament
  • 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine gun
  • 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) light machine guns[1]

The Namacurra-class patrol boats are a series of small harbour patrol boats currently in service with South Africa, Namibia, Malawi and Mozambique.

  1. ^ Du Toit 1992, p. 295.