Thursday, January 8, 2009

Canadian Navy Orca-class patrol boat photos


The Canadian Navy Orca-class patrol and training craft CARIBOU (PCT 57), COUGAR (PCT 61), and WOLF (PCT 59) tied up alongside at Victoria Shipyards.
Esquimalt Harbour
Dec 13, 2008



The Orca-class patrol craft are steel-hulled training and patrol vessels built for the Canadian Forces Maritime Command.six vessels will be build
Displacement: 210 tons
Length: 33.00 m
Beam: 8.34 m
Draught: 2.00 m
Propulsion: 2 x Caterpillar 3516B de-rated to 1 864 kW at 1 600 rpm (5 000 HP total)
Speed: 20+ knots
Range: 1,220 km at 15 knots (28 km/h)
4 crew, 16 trainees, 4 spare berths
Armament: Fitted with mounting for 12.7 mm M2 machinegun

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