PTM PATROL BOAT FACT SHEET
By Cliff Lethbridge
PTM PATROL BOAT
Launch Status: No Longer Used for Cape Canaveral Missile Launches
First Cape Canaveral Launch: February 18, 1982
Final Cape Canaveral Launch: April 8, 1982
Total Number of Cape Canaveral Launches: 9
Vehicles Launched: Penguin
Patrol Boat is the generic term for medium size vessel designed for coastal patrol operations. Hauk Class Norwegian Patrol Boats were used to test launch Penguin missiles off the coast of Cape Canaveral. Hauk Class Patrol Boats were deployed by the Royal Norwegian Navy, and were removed from service by 2008. The Hauk Class Patrol Boats had the following specifications:
Number Produced: 14
Displacement: 160 tons full load
Length: 120 feet
Beam: 20 feet
Draught: 5.9 feet
Draft: 4.9 feet
Propulsion: 2 diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 440 miles at 30 knots
Crew: 24 (including 6 officers)
Armament: 6 Penguin SSM’s, Twin Simbad Launcher, Sadral and Manpad SAM’s, 1 40-mm gun, 2 Torpedo Tubes
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