HMS Tiger Bay
Royal Navy patrol boat that was captured from the Argentine Coast Guard in the Falklands War. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Tiger Bay was a Z-28-class patrol boat operated by the British Royal Navy, previously the Argentine Coast Guard vessel PNA Islas Malvinas (GC-82), which was seized at Port Stanley by the crew of HMS Cardiff on 14 June 1982 following the Argentine surrender during the Falklands War.
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HMS Tiger Bay alongside HMS Fearless at Portsmouth, 1985 | |
History | |
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Argentina | |
Name | PNA Islas Malvinas |
Operator | Prefectura Naval Argentina |
Builder | Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany |
In service | 1978 |
Identification | GC-82 |
Fate | Seized, 14 June 1982 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Tiger Bay |
Namesake | Tiger Bay |
Acquired | 14 June 1982 |
Fate | Sold, 1986 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Z-28-class patrol boat |
Displacement | 65 long tons (66 t) |
Length | 27.6 m (90 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Depth | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 15 |
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