Croatian missile boat Šibenik
Šibenik in the Lora Naval Base, August 2011 | |
| History | |
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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 & type | Končar-class missile boat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 44.9 m (147 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | |
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| Endurance | 5–7 days |
| Complement | 30 |
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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). 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.