Registration number
1999
Status
Registered
adminnhs
Details
Function
Naval & Military Vessel
Subfunction
Tender
Location
Cosford
Vessel type
Launch - Range Safety
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk
Construction
Builder
Groves & Gutteridge Ltd, Cowes
Built in
1956
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
13.00 feet
(3.97m)
Depth
4.50 feet
(1.37m)
Length: Overall
43.00 feet
(13.12m)
History
Built in 1956 by Groves & Gutteridge, RSL 1667 is a vessel which served as a tender/range safety launch for the Royal Air Force. It is now an exhibit in the RAF Museum at Cosford. RSL1667 served variously at bases in the UK and overseas and was in Singapore in the 1960s painted in tropical white livery. Allotted back to the UK in 1970 she was eventually transferred to the British Army in 1976 and was sold into private ownership in 1981.
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