The first 4 where commissioned on Lake Luzern on June 15, 2019. They are actually Watercat 1250 boats designed by Marine Alutech in Finland. Later in their life they had radar added.ġ4 P-16 patrol boats form the backbone of the Motorbootkompanie’s Lake Flotilla. They were 12 m (39 ft) long and 3.3 m (11 ft) across, and had a maximum speed of about 22 knots. The P-41s looked a lot like stretched versions of the classic Como speed boats and were later armed with 20mm cannon (probably Oerlikon type) and Type-41 anti-tank rifles. She is no longer in active service but was restored in 1994/5 at the Shiptec shipyard in Luzern. Actually she was a prototype variant of the P-41. Uri is a surviving World War Two vintage P-41 patrol boat. Uri, photographed in 2016 by Dominique Schütz. For the latest in this Swiss tradition check out makers like Pedrazzini on Lake Zurich. Switzerland has its own speedboat tradition similar to the famous Italian Lake Como style. It is so beautifully crafted, it has to be one of the most exquisite naval vessels ever. But before we go further, we have to look at the patrol boat Uri. I will list current/recent patrol boats, plus relevant Infantry and Special Forces craft. ![]() Thank you to Twitter user Шалтай-Болтай for giving me the inspiration to compile this guide. So let’s look at the types of boats they have. And although some of the riverine (more lake) patrol boats served for a long time, the quality of the Swiss Army’s ‘ Motorbootkompanie’ is worthy of note. Characterized by heavily armed neutrality, the postwar Swiss military has an extremely high standard of equipment. Land-locked countries sometimes have particularly interesting navies. Switzerland’s Remarkable ‘Navy’: A Covert Shores Guide
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