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The Metal Shark boats are a version of Damen's Stan Patrol 2606 design, so nominally 26 meters long and 6 meters of beam, but according to the
Website, 87′ length overall with a beam of 19'6″. The Marine Protector Class were also a Damen 2600 series design, so the two classes share a great deal of
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Privately held, Metal Shark keeps its revenue figures close to the vest. Stickles declined to say what revenue is, but certainly Metal Shark would fall within ABiz's annual list of the Top 50 Private
Companies in Acadiana. Yet the company had humble beginnings as Gravois Aluminum Boats in the mid
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The two 38 foot (11.5 m) Defiant class patrol boats were handed over to the
Senegalese Navy during a ceremony on 8 February 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. The donation included boat repair and maintenance kits, and towing vehicles, and a two-week training session on the use and maintenance of the
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Defiant class welded aluminium cutters for the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and other US partner nations.
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477:. Marine Link. June 6, 2014
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521:. Workboat. March 19, 2013
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686:"Defiant 80-85 brochure"
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169:Bangladesh
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