![]() Le Four maneuvering in Brest harbour on 10 November 2004
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Class overview | |
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Name | RPC12 |
Builders | Lorient Naval Industries (LNI), Socarenam |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Harbour tugboat |
Displacement | 220 tonnes (259 full load)[2] |
Length | 25 m (82 ft 0 in)[2] |
Beam | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)[2] |
Height | 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in) (6.9 m, 23 ft with mast removed) [2] |
Draught | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[2] |
Range | 800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[2] |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × rigid-hulled inflatable boat[2] |
Complement | 5 (harbour operations) to 8 (coastal operations)[2] |
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The RPC12 (Remorqueurs Portuaires et Côtiers de 12 tonnes de traction au point fixe, "Harbour and Coastal tugboat, 12-tonne bollard pull") is a type of harbour tugboat operated by the French Navy. They utilise Voith propulsion to develop a 12-tonne bollard pull.[1]