Croatian missile boat Šibenik
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Šibenik (pennant number RTOP-21) is a Končar-class missile boat in service with the Croatian Navy. It was built for the Yugoslav Navy at the Kraljevica Shipyard in the 1970s as Vlado Ćetković (RTOP-402).[3] In 1991 during the early stages of the Croatian War of Independence it was captured by Croatian forces while being overhauled at the "Velimir Škorpik" shipyard in Šibenik.
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Šibenik in the Lora Naval Base, August 2011 | |
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Yugoslavia | |
Name | Vlado Ćetković |
Builder | Tito's Kraljevica Shipyard, Kraljevica, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
Launched | 20 August 1977 |
Commissioned | March 1978 |
Identification | RTOP-402 |
Croatia | |
Name | Šibenik |
Acquired | 1991 |
Commissioned | 28 September 1991 |
Homeport | Lora Naval Base, Split, Croatia |
Identification | RTOP-21 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Končar-class missile boat |
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Length | 44.9 m (147 ft 4 in)[1] |
Beam | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)[1] |
Draft | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)[1] |
Propulsion | |
Speed |
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Endurance | 5–7 days[2] |
Complement | 30 |
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