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Vosper Perkasa P150 - A Photographic Tribute

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Vosper Perkasa P150 Gas Turbine Attack Craft. The Perkasa was the lead boat of a class of four vessels built by Vosper Thornycroft, Southampton, UK, for the Royal Malaysian Navy in 1967.

Specifications (Full Size):

  • Displacement 95 tons, length overall 29.7 m, beam 7.8 m.
  • Main engines powered by three Rolls-Royce Proteus 1270 gas turbine engines rated at 4,250 Hp each (totalling 12,750 Hp), driving triple screws, maximum speed 54 knots.
  • Auxiliary engines, two General Motors V71 marine diesels are used for slow speed manoeuvring.
  • Electrical power provided by two Rover 1s/60 gas turbines.
  • Armament consists of one 40 mm Bofors AA main gun, one 20 mm Oerlikon twin anti-aircraft machine gun and four 53.3 cm torpedoes on side launch mounts.
  • Others in class, P150 Perkasa (Valiant), P151 Handalan (Reliant), PI52 Gempita (Thunderer) & P153 Pendekar (Champion).
  • Vosper Perkasa P150 - A Photographic Tribute

    Vosper Perkasa P150 - A Photographic Tribute

    Vosper Perkasa P150 - A Photographic Tribute

    Vosper Perkasa P150 - A Photographic Tribute

    Vosper Perkasa P150 - A Photographic Tribute

    Vosper Perkasa P150 - A Photographic Tribute

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    Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

    Welcome to the Vosper-Perkasa News blog! Here you can read new and exciting articles relating to the development and building of the 1/32 scale radio control kit and almost ready to run Vosper-Perkasa models. As well as historic information on the real vessel.

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    Some of you have been very kind and have sent me photos of the Vosper Perkasa, to you all a massive thankyou. I will happily add reduced versions of these photos, subject to copyright, to this blog for the benefit of everyone else.