BRP Bagong Lakas

History
Philippines
NameBagong Lakas
Namesake"Bagong Lakas" means "New Strength" in English
OperatorPhilippine Navy
Ordered1978
BuilderW. Muller Shipyard, Hamelin, Germany
Commissioned9 February 1979[1]
Recommissioned1994
Decommissioned1992
Reclassified1980 to PG-102, April 2016 to PB-102
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeKagitingan class
TypeCoastal Patrol Interdiction Craft
Displacement160 tons full load [2]
Length121.4 ft (37.0 m)[1]
Beam20.3 ft (6.2 m)[1]
Draft5.6 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
Speed21 knots (39 km/h) maximum[1]
Range2,300 nmi (4,300 km) maximum[2]
Complement30[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

BRP Bagong Lakas (PB-102) was 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]

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. The ship has been decommissioned from service at an unknown date.

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. ^ a b c d e f g h Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
  2. ^ a b c AFP Materiel Technical Specification Archives - PN Light Surface Warships Kagitingan class Small Patrol Craft (2+1)