Coast guard buys Rolls-Royce jets

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Two Kamewa size 56 water jets will be fitted onto each 30m vessel to enable speeds up to 40 knots. The patrol craft will be used for targeting illegal drug trafficking, safety at sea, and search and rescue missions.
Rolls-Royce’s water jets use mixed-flow pump technology, which it claims allows it to deliver between five to 10 per cent higher efficiency than competing aluminium axial flow water jets.
The six vessels, which can each carry a 12-man crew, will be built at Austal Ships’
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