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RSS Sea Dragon (P78)
Date Posted
October 28, 2021
Sea Dragon at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, 27 May 2007. Uploaded to Wikipedia by user Huaiwei.
Commissioned
1975
Decommissioned
2008
History
RSS Sea Dragon (P78) was one of six Sea Wolf-class missile gunboats built for the Singapore Navy. Commissioned in 1975, Sea Dragon was armed with a Bofors 57mm/L70 Mk.1 and 40mm/L70, and CIS 50 machine guns. During refits, the 40mm/L70 was replaced with a launcher for the Mistral surface-to-air missile, and she was upgraded to carry the RGM-84 Harpoon and Gabriel Mk. II anti-shipping missiles. She was decommissioned 13 May, 2008, along with the rest of the class.
Bonus Information
Fun Fact: The Sea Wolves were the first missile-armed ships in a Southeast Asian navy.