Verviers 1970
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Diest | M910 | Quincy Adams YYd, Quincy, USA | 6.1951 | 5.1953 | to Taiwan 1969 (永福 [Yung Fu]) | ||
Eeklo | M911 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 8.1951 | 6.1953 | to Taiwan 1969 (永清 [Yung Ching]) | ||
Lier | M912 | Newins, City Island, USA | 5.1951 | 8.1953 | to Taiwan 1969 (永善 [Yung Shan]) | ||
Maaseik | M913 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 5.1951 | 8.1953 | to Taiwan 1969 (永城 [Yung Cheng]) | ||
Roeselare | M914 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 7.1951 | 8.1953 | to Norway 1966 (Tana) | ||
Arlon | M915 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 9.1951 | 11.1953 | to Norway 1966 (Alta) | ||
Bastogne | M916 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 1.1952 | 12.1953 | to Norway 1966 (Glomma) | ||
Charleroi | M917 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 2.1952 | 2.1954 | to Taiwan 1969 (永濟 [Yung Chi]) | ||
Saint-Niklaas | M918 | Newins, City Island, USA | 7.1951 | 2.1954 | to Taiwan 1969 (永仁 [Yung Jen]) | ||
Saint-Truiden | M919 | Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA | 9.1952 | 2.1954 | to Greece 1969 (Αταλάντη [Atalanti]) | ||
Diksmuide | M920 | Newins, City Island, USA | 11.1951 | 3.1954 | to Taiwan 1969 (永綏 [Yung Sui]) | ||
Herve | M921 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 3.1952 | 4.1954 | to Greece 1969 (Αντιόπη [Antiopi]) | ||
Malmédy | M922 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 4.1952 | 6.1953 | to Greece 1969 (Φαίδρα [Faidra]) | ||
Blankenberge | M923 | Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA | 12.1952 | 6.1954 | to Greece 1969 (Θάλεια [Thaleia]) | ||
La Roche | M924 | Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA | 3.1953 | 8.1954 | to Greece 1969 (Νιόβη [Niovi]) | ||
De Panne | M925 | Hiltebrant DD, Kingston, USA | 11.1953 | 9.1954 | to Turkey 1969 (Seymen) | ||
Mechelen | M926 | J. Boel, Temse | 5.1953 | 12.1954 | research ship 1963 | ||
Spa | M927 | J. Boel, Temse | 6.1953 | 3.1955 | ammunition transport 1973 | ||
Stavelot | M928 | J. Boel, Temse | 4.1954 | 2.1956 | stricken 1987 | ||
Heist | M929 | J. Boel, Temse | 6.1954 | 4.1956 | degaussing ship 1978 | ||
Rochefort | M930 | Crighton, Ostende | 7.1953 | 11.1955 | stricken 1992 | ||
Knokke | M931 | Crighton, Ostende | 7.1953 | 1955 | stricken 1976 | ||
Nieuwpoort | M932 | Crighton, Ostende | 7.1953 | 11.1955 | stricken 1991 | ||
Koksijde | M933 | Crighton, Ostende | 7.1954 | 11.1955 | stricken 1991 | ||
Verviers | M934 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 10.1954 | 6.1956 | stricken 1988 | ||
Veurne | M935 | Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA | 12.1955 | 8.1956 | stricken 1987 |
Displacement standard, t |
330 |
Displacement full, t |
390 |
Length, m |
42.1 wl 44.3 oa |
Breadth, m |
8.10 |
Draught, m |
2.10 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
880 |
Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
2700(10.5) |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear |
Sensors |
Decca 1229 radar, UQS-1 sonar |
Complement |
36 |
Project history: US Adjutant class.
Modernizations: 1969, all survived: - 1 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3
1969, Veurne; 1972, Verviers: - minesweeping gear; + Voith-Schneider propellers, type 193 sonar, decompression chamber and equipment for divers.
Naval service: No significant events.
Veurne 1980
© Ivan Gogin, 2016