BRP Bagong Silang (PB-104)

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BRP Bagong Silang (PG-104) on station in Manila Bay during the APEC Summit in 2015.
History
Flag of the Philippines.svgPhilippines
NameBagong Silang
Namesake"Bagong Silang" means "New Born" in English
Operator Philippine Navy
Ordered1978
BuilderCavite Naval Shipyard, Cavite City, Philippines
CommissionedJune 1983
Recommissioned1994
Decommissioned1992
ReclassifiedApril 2016 to PB-104
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and type Kagitingan class
TypeCoastal Patrol Interdiction Craft
Displacement160 tons full load [1]
Length121.4 ft (37.0 m) [2]
Beam20.3 ft (6.2 m) [2]
Draft5.6 ft (1.7 m) [2]
Propulsion
  • 2 x 2,050 hp MTU16V538TB91 MD 871/30 16-cylinder diesels, 2 shafts;
  • 2 x GM-EMD 6-71 auxiliary diesels;
  • 1 x 60 kW generator
Speed21 knots (39 km/h) maximum [2]
Range2,300 nmi (4,300 km) maximum [1]
Complement30 [2]
Sensors and
processing systems		Furuno Navigation / Surface Search Radar
Armament

BRP Bagong Silang (PB-104) is the fourth ship of the Kagitingan class coastal patrol interdiction crafts of the Philippine Navy. It was designed in Germany, and built in the Philippines, and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy in June 1983 as BRP Bagong Silang (PG-104). [1]

It was reclassified to BRP Bagong Silang (PB-104) in April 2016 under the new classification standards of the Philippine Navy classifying it as a patrol boat.

Design

The boat and all the ships in its class was considered to be unsuccessful, and was originally designed to have a maximum speed of 28 knots, but the design failed to achieve the said speed as it was underpowered.

The boat was installed with the Selenia Orion RTN-10X fire control radar and Selenia Elsag NA-10 Mod.0 gunfire control system, [1] but it appears that they have been removed.

It was also originally armed with the Emerlec EX-31 30mm twin gun mount, but was replaced by a Bofors Mark 3 40mm/60 caliber gun several years later.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 AFP Materiel Technical Specification Archives - PN Light Surface Warships Kagitingan class Small Patrol Craft (2+1)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
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