TTS Scarborough at Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia in April 2021
History
Trinidad and Tobago
NamesakeScarborough
BuilderAustal, Henderson, Western Australia
CommissionedNovember 2021
Identification
General characteristics
Class and typeCape-class patrol boat
Length58.1 m (190 ft 7 in)
Beam10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draught3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2 x Caterpillar 3516C diesels 6,770 horsepower (5,050 kW) 2 shafts, 1 bow thruster
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement27

TTS Scarborough, named after Scarborough, a major town on the island of Tobago, is a Cape-class patrol boat of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard.[1]

The $126 million contract to build two Cape-Class patrol boats for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard was awarded to Austal in 2019.[1] The two boats, Scarborough and Port of Spain, where delivered in May 2021 and reached Trinidad and Tobago on 7 July that year.[2]

The two vessels were commissioned into the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard in November 2021 by the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley. Delivery of the ships had been expected in 2020 but had been delayed because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Austal to build two Cape-class patrol boats for Trinidad & Tobago". Naval Technology. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Gonzales, Elizabeth (17 July 2021). "Trinidad and Tobago to partner with Austal in ship-maintenance company". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cape Class vessels TTS Port of Spain and TTS Scarborough commissioned into Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard". Overt Defense. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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