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REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)

COASTAL FORCES

FU KUO fast attack craft (torpedo) (1957)

Fu Kuo 1960

Names

PTC34, 1982- PT515 [Fu Kuo]

PTC35, 1982- PT516 [Tian Kuo]

Builders

Hutchins Yacht, Jacksonville, USA: PTC34, 35

Completed

9/1957: PTC34, 35

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1982: PT515, 516

 

Displacement standard, t

46

Displacement full, t

53

Length, m

24.1

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

39

Fuel, t

petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 - 450 TT

Electronic equipment radar?

Complement

12

Project history: Conventional MTBs. Wooden hull. WWII-era ELCO 80ft design.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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