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East Timorese patrol boat Atauro

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Name
  
Açor

Operator
  
Portuguese Navy

Commissioned
  
9 December 1974

Draft
  
1.6 m

Owner
  
Portuguese State

Builder
  
Arsenal do Alfeite

Length
  
24 m

East Timorese patrol boat Atauro

Namesake
  
Northern goshawk (açor in Portuguese)

The East Timorese patrol boat Atauro (P 102) is one of the two Albatroz class patrol boats operated by the Timor Leste Defence Force. She was built in the mid-1970s for the Portuguese Navy and was commissioned on 9 December 1974 as NRP Açor (P 1163). She was donated to East Timor in January 2002 and was renamed. Atauro is based at Port Hera, Dili District.

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East Timorese patrol boat Atauro Wikipedia


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