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BETELGEUSE large patrol craft (1966)


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Betelgeuse 1972

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Betelgeuse GC102   Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA   14.5.1965 1.1966 stricken 2006


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

130

Displacement full, t

146

Length, m

30.2 pp 30.8 oa

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

1.85

No of shafts

2

Machinery

8 General Motors 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

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Complement

20



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<i>Betelgeuse </i>1975
Betelgeuse 1975


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<i>Betelgeuse </i>1972
Betelgeuse 1972


Project history

PGM71 class patrol craft built under Military Aid Programme.

Modernizations

1980: diesels were replaced by 2 Caterpillar D-348TA (1450hp, 16kts); - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 3 x 1 - 20/70

Naval service

No significant events.