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PGM-121


PGM-121 was built in Brazil
Brazilian Piratini Class Motor Gunboat:

  • Laid down 30 December 1968 as PGM-121 by Naval Shipyard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Launched 12 March 1971
  • Commissioned NPA Poti (P 15), 29 October 1971
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 105 t.
  • Length 98.2'
  • Beam 20'
  • Draft 6' 2"
  • Speed 19 kts.
  • Complement 18
  • Armament: One .50 cal. machine gun/81mm mortar mount, and two .50 cal. machine guns
    1985 - replaced bow .50cal. machine gun/81mm mortar with one 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Four 275bhp Cummins VT-12M diesel engines, two shafts.
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