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EUROPEAN UPDATE

Swedish Company Get Series Order From China

Swedish company Storebro

Bruks has won a contract to supply two of its SRC 90 E special task boats to the Chinese Customs

Service. The order was won large- ly because of the craft's proven per- formance on duty with the FMV (Swedish Defence Material

Administration). The new cus- tomer was particularly impressed with the strong carbon-fiber hull, which has a 22 degree deep-V, and built-in laminate reinforcement for protection during amphibious operations. The craft has been tested at SP Technologies in the

U.K. and reportedly calculated to withstand a force of 4G. The boats are propelled via an FF 410 water- jet drive, driven by a standard sin- gle Scania DSI14 V-8 diesel engine

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Circle 341 on Reader Service Card developing 625 hp. Measuring 38.7 x 9.8 x 2.4-ft. (11.8 x 2.9 x .73- m), the vessel has a two-ton load- ing capacity and carries around 600 liters of fuel for a range at full speed of 200 nm with four persons aboard. Storebro also started the new year with further series orders for the home market. While still in the process of completing 39 trans- port/ambulance boats for the FMV, the latter placed a contract in

January for 13 additional dedicat- ed ambulance vessels.

The FMV has also recently placed its Batch 2C deal for 40

Stridsbat (Combat Craft) 90 H craft with Swedish yards

Dockstavarvet in Docksta and

Gotlands Varv in Farosund. Six of the 20 boats to be built at Docksta are to be fitted out as command boats. Larger than Storebro's SRC 90 E design, the Stridsbat craft at 48.8 x 12.4 ft. (14.9 x 3.8 m) has a lightloaded displacement of approximately 13.5 tons. Twin

Scania DSI 14S diesels driving FF waterjets give a loaded speed well in excess of 35 knots. The boats are built in all-welded aluminum and are heavily strengthened for forceful landing on unprepared beaches. The units have a high speed chine hull form with reverse sheer, shallow draft and a low pro- file for effective seagoing and shoreline camouflage.

Dockstavarvet is also progressing with an order for 16 Combat Boat 90 N vessels which have been spe- cially configured for the rapid deployment of four seaborne light missile batteries forming part of

Norway's new Hellfire Shore

Defence System. The most recent- ly delivered CB 90, KA 10 or

Trondarnes has been fitted out with enhanced communications facilities.

Britons speculate on royal yacht

An announcement in the House of Commons confirming that $106 million of public money is to be spent in the U.K. to replace

Britannia, the Queen's 43-year-old yacht and diplomatic flag carrier, has spurred a flurry of speculation among British designers and ship- yards.

Financing has been a factor in all schemes. Some proposals suggest replacement of Britannia by a pair of luxury cruise vessels, to be financed privately and operated on a commercial basis, with allowances for 40-day per annum use allocation for the British roy-

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