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RPC type patrol craft (1965-1966/1965-1969)


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1970

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

27 boats, presumably HQ7000-7026

Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA; Birchfield SB, Tacoma, USA: 27 boats

1965-1966 // 1965-1969: 27 boats

unknown

27 boats (to North Vietnam 1975)

none

unknown



Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t16
Length, m

10.9

Breadth, m

3.14

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts2
Machinery2 diesels
Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament1 x 2 - 12.7/90 or 1 x 2 - 7.6/90, 1 x 2 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 7.6/90
Complement 


Graphics


1970
1970


Project history

River patrol craft (RPC), predecessor to PBR type. Welded-steel hulls.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.