Haize Hegoa type patrol boat
 Patrol boat Lissero (DF47) in the old harbour of Marseille. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: | France (Customs service), 8 units |
| Completed: | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | PLASCOA 2100 |
| Type: | Swift boat |
| Displacement: | 35 tonnes |
| Length: | 28.7 m (94 ft) |
| Beam: | 5.55 m (18.2 ft) |
| Draught: | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power: | 1,100 shp (820 kW) |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range: | 500 nautical miles (1,000 km) |
| Endurance: | 4 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | One rigid-hull boat |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar |
| Armour: | Bridge |
The Haize Hegoa type patrol boats are a series of 8 swift boats used by the Directorate-general of customs and indirect taxes, the French customs service. Haize Hegoa means southern wind in basque language.
Ships in class
- Alizé (DF31)
- Haize Hegoa (DF43)
- Kan Avel (DF36)
- Mervent (DF44)
- Lissero (DF47)
- Vent d'aval (DF37)
- Vent d'autan (DF45)
- Avel Sterenn (DF46)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haize Hegoa type patrol boat. |
- (French) DF 46 Avel Sterenn : vedette des Douanes Françaises, bateaux-de-saint-malo.com
- (French) DF 12 Noroit : vedette des Douanes Françaises, bateaux-de-saint-malo.com
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