Rodriquez type RHS-140 hydrofoil ferry passenger ferry at Hong Kong, December 1980
Structure: aluminium alloy
Owner: Hongkong Macao Hydrofoil Co. Ltd., Hong Kong
Flag: British
Port of registry: Hong Kong
Builder: Cant. Nav. L. Rodriguez, Messina, Italy
Gross tons: 129
Length overall: 27.79 m
Engines: 2 x 12-cylinder diesels, total 2,700 b.h.p., by Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau, Friedrichshafen, West Germany
Speed: 36 knots
Completed 1971
Sold 1992 to People’s Republic Of China, renamed “Nan Sha No.3”
2012: status changed to “continued existence in doubt”