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Originally
these patrol boats (
PBR - Patrol Boat Riverine) were designed by the US
Navy to be used on the rivers in Vietnam
during the Vietnam war. Several of these boats were later
sold to Israeli in the late 1960s and 1970s. It turned out
these boats were not so effective in open waters and they
were taken out of service in the 1980s by the Israeli
navy. In 1987 one of these was scuttled outside Eilat by
Israel Diving Federation. The wreck rest on a depth of 28
to 30 meter outside Coral Beach in Eilat.
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| 29° 30.707’ N 34° 55.569’ E ( Source: Dive Buddy )  Picture: Israeli patrol boats Naval Encyclopedia  Last Updated: November 2018 |
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