CURLEW coastal minesweepers (1953-1958/1961)
Hawk 1968
Curlew 1975
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Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Snipe (ex-Alcaston, ex-Blue Ant) |
M1102 |
Thornycroft, Woolston, UK |
7/1951 |
5.1.1953 |
1/1954 // 9.1962 |
paid off 6.1983, BU 1988 |
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Curlew (ex-Chediston, ex-Montrose, ex-Chediston, ex-Red Centipede) |
M1121, 1969- 1121 |
Montrose SYd, UK |
4/1952 |
6.10.1953 |
12/1954 // 8.1962 |
paid off 4.1990, sold 6.1991 |
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|
Hawk (ex-Somerleyton, ex-Gamston) |
M1139, 1969- 1139 |
Richards IW, Lowestoft, UK |
1954 |
1.7.1954 |
1955 // 7.1962 |
paid off 1.1972, sold 1976 |
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|
Teal (ex-Jackton) |
M1152 |
Philip, Dartmouth, UK |
1954 |
28.2.1955 |
1955 // 8.1962 |
paid off 8.1970, sold 1978 |
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|
Ibis (ex-Singleton) |
M1183 |
Montrose SYd, UK |
1954 |
18.11.1955 |
1956 // 9.1962 |
paid off 5.1984, sold 1984 |
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Gull (ex-Swanston) |
M1185 |
Doig, Grimsby, UK |
1953 |
1.7.1954 |
1955 // 7.1962 |
paid off 11.1969, sold 1976 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
360 |
|
Displacement full, t |
425 |
|
Length, m |
42.7 pp 46.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
8.80 |
|
Draught, m |
2.50 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Napier Deltic diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
3000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 45 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(8) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, LL mechanical/magnetic/acoustic minesweeping gear |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 978 radar |
|
Complement |
29 |
Project history: 6 coastal minesweepers bought from the Royal Navy in 1961 and modified to suit RAN requirements, with air-conditioning, re-engining with Deltics and fitting with stabilizers.
Modernizations: 1968, Curlew; 1970, Snipe - were converted to minehunters: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, minesweeping gear; + type 193 sonar, 2 inflatable boats, 4 divers
Naval service: No significant events.
Snipe 1980
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