GALO (A-263) class

 0 GALO-class PATROL CRAFT TENDER (AGP)

 Name        Pendant No.   In Service     Status

 GALO        A-263         1994           Active
   (ex-M/V HERJOLFUR)

This vessel was completed in the 1980s for use as a commercial roll-on/roll-off cargo passenger ferry. She was purchased in 1993 from Herjolfur H/f, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, for conversion to a patrol craft tender. The tender was equipped with a 5-ton capacity crane.

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 Sterkoder M/V A/S, Kristiansund, Norway

 Displacement:      1,200 tons full load
 Dimensions:
     length         198 ft      (60.36 m) overall
     beam            39 ft 4 in (12.01 m)
     draft           14 ft 9 in ( 4.55 m) maximum
 Propulsion:
     main           1 Wichmann type 9AXA diesel; 2,400 total
                      bhp; 1 controllable pitch propeller
     auxiliary      bow and stern thrusters
 Performance:
     speed          14 knots
 Manning:           24 total
 Electronic Systems:
     radar          1 navigation

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