TTS ''Scarborough'', named after

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, a major town on the island of

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, is a of the

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. The $126million contract to build two Cape-Class patrol boats for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard was awarded to

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in 2019. The two boats, ''Scarborough'' and , where delivered in May 2021 and reached Trinidad and Tobago on 7 July that year. The two vessels were commissioned into the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard in November 2021 by the

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. Delivery of the ships had been expected in 2020 but had been delayed because of the effects of the

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References

External links

Austal: Cape-class Patrol Boat (Austal Patrol 58)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scarborough 2021 ships Cape-class patrol boats Ships of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard