BRP Bagong Lakas (PB-102)

BRP Bagong Lakas (PB-102) is the second ship of the Kagitingan class coastal patrol interdiction crafts of the Philippine Navy. It was designed and built in Germany, and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy in February 1979 as RPS Bagong Lakas (P-102).[1]

History
Philippines
Name: Bagong Lakas
Namesake: "Bagong Lakas" means "New Strength" in English
Operator: Philippine Navy
Ordered: 1978
Builder: W. Muller Shipyard, Hamelin, Germany
Commissioned: 9 February 1979[1]
Recommissioned: 1994
Decommissioned: 1992
Reclassified: 1980 to PG-102, April 2016 to PB-102
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Kagitingan class
Type: Coastal Patrol Interdiction Craft
Displacement: 160 tons full load [2]
Length: 121.4 ft (37.0 m)[1]
Beam: 20.3 ft (6.2 m)[1]
Draft: 5.6 ft (1.7 m)[1]
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
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h) maximum[1]
Range: 2,300 nmi (4,300 km) maximum[2]
Complement: 30[1]
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Furuno Navigation / Surface Search Radar
Armament:
  • 1 x Emerlec EX-31 30mm twin guns[1]
  • 4 × M2HB Browning 12.7 mm/50-cal. GP machine guns
  • 2 × M60 7.62 mm/30-cal. GP machine guns

It was renamed to BRP Bagong Lakas (PG-102) in 1980, and was again reclassified to BRP Bagong Lakas (PB-102) 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,[2] but it appears that they have been removed.

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