Friday, November 21, 2008

FPB 57

IOC: 1981
Total Production: 2

Also Known As
Achimota

Origin
Germany

Contractor/s
Lurssen

Guns & Missile Launchers:
76/62 Compact

Description: The FPB 57, also known as Achimota, is a class of small patrol boats built by Lurssen for the Navy of Ghana in the early 1980s. The ship is equipped with an OTO Melara 76mm dual-purpose gun and a 40mm anti-aircraft gun. The propulsion system consists of four diesel engines developing a top speed of 30 knots. The two boats ordered by Ghana were commissioned in 1981.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 40

Guns: Main Gun Caliber 76 mm

Dimensions: Beam 7.6 m, Draft 2.8 m, Length 58.1 m

Weights: Full Displacement 410 t

Performance: Top Speed 30 kt (56 kph)

Power: Power 10,800 shp

Operators

Ghana / 2

Ships

P28 Achimota

Commissioning: 1981

P29 Yogaga

Commissioning: 1981

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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