Grenadan patrol boat Tyrrel Bay (PB-01)

History
Name: Tyrrel Bay
Builder: Lantana Boatyard, Lantana, Florida
Commissioned: November 1984
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Guardian-class patrol boat
Displacement: 94 long tons (96 t) full
Length: 32.31 m (106 ft 0 in)
Beam: 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Draft: 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
Propulsion: 3 × GM Detroit Diesel 12V71 TI diesel engines, 2,250 shp (1,678 kW), 3 props, 21 tons fuel
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement: 4 officers, 12 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 × Furuno 1411 Mk II navigation radar
Armament:
  • 2 × single 12.7 mm machine guns
  • 2 × single 7.62 mm machine guns

Tyrrel Bay (PB-01) is a United States-built Guardian-class patrol boat ordered for the Grenadan Coast Guard. She was built for Grenada at the US's request and entered service in November 1984. The builder was Lantana Boatyard and the ship was put together at Lantana, Florida. The Tyrrel Bay has an aluminum hull construction, and was overhauled in 1995.

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