Coast Guard Launch

The Coast Guard Launch is a coastal patrol vessel used for customs and excise duties—and additionally provides a backup service for lifeboat operators.

Design
At the front of the Coast Guard Launch is a docking cleat and an automated machine gun. Below is a hydrofoil support stanchion and torpedo tubes. The torpedoes cannot be used in conjunction with the hydrofoils. Behind the machine gun is a bridge. The communications radar and sonar operator sits on the left, the pilot in the middle, and the navigator on the right. It is from the navigator's position where the machine gun is operated. At the back of the bridge is a medical kit locker, a medical diagnosis computer monitor, access steps to the lower deck, a laboratory, and emergency bunks—should the Coast Guard Launch be called out on a rescue mission used, they can be used for casualties. On longer missions, they can be used by the regular crew. Situated on the roof are searchlights, navigation lights, and a radar and satellite navigation antenna. Behind is an inflatable life raft storage. Situated behind the torpedo tubes is a crew wardroom, and a port corridor. The corridor leads to a brig, access steps to the top deck, and a galley. Located at the stern are twin gas turbines and twin aquajets. There is a sonar nacelle on the underside of the Coast Guard Launch, next to the port hydrofoil. The sonar nacelle cannot be used in conjunction with the hydrofoils.

Technical data
Beam: 6 metres. Length: 22 metres. Maximum crew: 10. Minimum crew: 3. Power: twin gas-powered turbines provide power for twin aquajets. Speed: up to 100 knots using hydrofoils. Weight: 14 tonnes.