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Because I worked for the Navy for 35 years (as a civilian) I have an attraction to naval vessels.

Tunisian Coastal Patrol Boat V101. It appears to be a wooden hulled ship.

Displacement tons : 38 full load

Dimensions in feet (metres) : 83 x 15.6 x 4.2 ( 25 x 4.8 x 1.3)

Main machinery : 2 Detroit 12V TA Diesels 840 HP (627 kW) sustained 2 shafts Lips cp props

Speed knots : 23

Range in miles : 900 at 15 kt

Complement : 11

Guns : 1 Oerlikon 20 mm (not on the boat, only the mount up front)

Radars : Surface search Racal Decca 1226 I/band

Built by Chantiers Naval de l´ Esterel and commissioned in 1961-1963. Two further craft of the same design (Sabaq el Bahr T2 and Jaouel el Bahr T1) but unarmed were transferred to the Fisheries Administration in 1971.