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LIEUTENANT TER ZEE VICTOR BILLET frigate (1944/1947)

Lieutenant ter zee Victor Billet 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Lieutenant ter zee Victor Billet (ex-Sheboygan) F910   Globe, Superior, USA 4.1943 31.7.1943 5.1944 // 19.3.1947 training hulk 1958

 

Displacement standard, t

1509

Displacement full, t

2238

Length, m

87.0 wl 92.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.4

Draught, m

3.86

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 3 boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 768

Endurance, nm(kts) 9500 (12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100), baloons

Electronic equipment

SA, SL radars, QGA sonar

Complement

180

Project history: Former USN Tacoma class frigate.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Until 1950 this ship operated as part of the International North Atlantic Weather Organization, subsequently she was transferred to fishery protection duties.

Lieutenant ter zee Victor Billet 1949

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