Project 912 patrol boat
SG-325, former ORP Tęcza in 2004 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Polish Navy Shipyard, Gdynia |
| Operators | Border Protection Forces, Border Guard |
| In service | 1965−2005 |
| Planned | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 41.34 m (135.6 ft) |
| Beam | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
| Draft | max. 2.42 m (7 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 40DM diesel engines, 2,200 hp (max 2,400 hp), 2 propellers |
| Speed | 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Crew | 28 |
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Project 912 class (in NATO code: Obluze) is a series of Polish patrol boats constructed in the 1960s at the Polish Navy Shipyard for the Border Protection Forces. Five vessels of this type were built and commissioned between 1965 and 1968. They initially served in the Maritime Brigade of Border Guard Vessels, and after its dissolution in 1991, they joined the newly formed Polish Border Guard, reinforcing the Maritime Unit of the Border Guard. Their withdrawal began in 1996, with the first vessel decommissioned, and the last vessel of the series lowered its flag in 2008. These vessels were further developed into the Project 912M submarine chasers.