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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

BETELGEUSE large patrol craft (1966)

Betelgeuse 1975

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

 

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

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

20

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.

Betelgeuse 1972

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