NRTL Atauro (P102)
Appearance
East Timorese patrol boats P101 Oecusse & P102 Atauro on anchor in Port Hera off Dili
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History | |
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Portugal | |
Name | Açor |
Namesake | Northern goshawk (açor in Portuguese) |
Owner | Portuguese State |
Operator | Portuguese Navy |
Builder | Arsenal do Alfeite |
Commissioned | 9 December 1974 |
Homeport | Lisbon Naval Base |
Fate | Transferred to East Timor |
East Timor | |
Name | Atauro |
Namesake | Atauro Island |
Operator | Timor Leste Defence Force |
Builder | Arsenal do Alfeite |
Commissioned | January 2002 |
Renamed | January 2002 (from NRP Açor) |
Homeport | Hera Naval Base |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Albatroz class patrol boat |
Displacement | 45 tons full load |
Length | 23.6 m (77 ft) |
Beam | 5.6 m (18 ft) |
Draught | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 2 Cummins diesels, 1,100 hp, 2 shafts |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 2,500 at 12 kts |
Complement | 1 officer, 7 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Decca RM 316P radar |
Armament | 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, 2 × 12.7mm HMG |
The East Timorese patrol boat Atauro (P 102) is one of the two Albatroz class patrol boats operated by the Timor Leste Defence Force. She was built in the mid-1970s for the Portuguese Navy and was commissioned on 9 December 1974 as NRP Açor (P 1163). She was donated to East Timor in January 2002 and was renamed. Atauro is based at Hera Naval Base.
References
[edit]- Saunders, Stephen (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships Vol. 110, 2007–2008. Coulsdon: Jane’s Information Group.