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Grenadan patrol boat Tyrrel Bay (PB-01)

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History
NameTyrrel Bay
BuilderLantana Boatyard, Lantana, Florida
CommissionedNovember 1984
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeGuardian-class patrol boat
Displacement94 long tons (96 t) full
Length32.31 m (106 ft 0 in)
Beam6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Draft2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
Propulsion3 × GM Detroit Diesel 12V71 TI diesel engines, 2,250 shp (1,678 kW), 3 props, 21 tons fuel
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement4 officers, 12 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
1 × Furuno 1411 Mk II navigation radar
Armament
  • 2 × single 12.7 mm machine guns
  • 2 × single 7.62 mm machine guns

Tyrrel Bay (PB-01) is a United States-built Guardian-class patrol boat ordered for the Grenadan Coast Guard. She was built for Grenada at the US's request and entered service in November 1984. The builder was Lantana Boatyard and the ship was put together at Lantana, Florida. The Tyrrel Bay has an aluminum hull construction, and was overhauled in 1995. She was scuttled and sunk as a dive site off the coast of Grenada in 2018

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