SWIFTSHIPS (P-201) class (Eritrea)

Country of Origin: Eritrea

ship list


 3 U.S. SWIFTSHIPS-class PATROL CRAFT (PC)
     (U.S. Swiftships 104-ft design)

 Pendant

 P-201
 P-203
 P-204

description

Six units of this design were ordered by Ethiopia in 1976; four were units delivered in April 1977, and two units (P-205 and P-206) canceled because of the U.S. arms embargo. The crew of the P-207 defected with its craft to Somalia in 1984. The P-202 with its crew defected to Somalia, but the boat subsequently was returned. These ships were purchased by the new...

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