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Grenadian patrol boat Levera (PB-02)

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History
NameLevera
BuilderSeaArk, Monticello, Arkansas
CommissionedSeptember 1995
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeDauntless-class patrol boat
Displacement11 long tons (11 t) full
Length12.19 m (40 ft 0 in)
Beam3.86 m (12 ft 8 in)
Draft0.69 m (2 ft 3 in)
Propulsion2 × Caterpillar 3208TA diesel engines, 850 bhp (634 kW), 2 props, 250 gallons fuel
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range
  • 200 nmi (370 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
  • 400 nmi (740 km) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complement5
Sensors and
processing systems
1 × Raytheon R40X navigation radar
Armament
  • 2 × single 12.7 mm machine guns
  • 2 × single 7.62 mm machine guns

Levera (PB-02) is a United States-built Dauntless-class patrol boat ordered for the Grenadian Coast Guard. She was in service by September 1995 and was donated to Grenada in a foreign aid package. The builder was SeaArk, and the construction was completed at Monticello, Arkansas in the US.

References

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Wertheim, Eric, The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 2005-2006; Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. US Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. 2005.