PATROL GUNBOAT (LITTORAL, AIR CUSHION) - DEFENDER CLASS - 1991
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Displacement: 340 t standard; 415 t normal; 555 t full load
Length: 187'
Beam: 84'
Draught: 5'
Propulsion: 5 Belle-Patterson AG750 gas turbines;2 for lift, 3 for propulsion; 5 x 11,836 horsepower
Propellers: 3 four bladed variable pitch propellers
Speed: 63 knots (55 knots sustained)
Range: 300 NM @ 55 knots
Complement: 31
Capacity: Up to 500 fully equipped troops; or 3 MBT; or 10 LAV/8 AIFV with 140 troops
Armament:
1 x 57mm/70 (1 x 1)
2 x 20mm (2 x 1)
Ships in Class
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Defender (Puhau Crown Colony RNVR)
Bulwark (GHRN RNVR)
Garrison (Tega Cay Crown Colony RNVR)
Guardsman (South Equatorial Islands RNVR)
Vindicator (Grayson Islands Crown Colony RNVR)
Raider (Windward Islands Crown Colony RNVR)
Fusilade (Whitefall Crown Colony RNVR)
Protector (GHRN RNVR)
Resolution (Sevia Crown Colony RNVR)
Champion (Nova Harberia Crown Colony RNVR)
Designed for coastal patrol and rapid deployment of Marine Ready Reaction Units, all are assigned to Royal Navy or Colonial Fleet RNVR
(Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) units. All are on active reserve status, with full time reservist crews on a rotational basis.
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Thanks to ALVAMA for permission to slightly alter and use this class