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Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
GC101 Rigel	USA: GC101	1953 // 1965: GC101	none	none	1978: GC101

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	27
Length, m	19.3
Breadth, m	4.70
Draught, m	1.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors 6V71 diesels
Power, h. p.	800
Max speed, kts	18.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	450(15)
Armament	2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Complement	9

Project history

Former US 63ft aircraft-rescue launch.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.