R41 group patrol craft (1943/1962-1963)
No15 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 15 | Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany | 1943 // 1962-63 | sunk 7.1974 | ||||
| Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany | 1943 // 1962-63 | sunk 7.1974 | |||||
| Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany | 1943 // 1962-63 | sunk 8.8.1964 |
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Displacement standard, t |
125 |
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Displacement full, t |
135 |
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Length, m |
36.8 wl 37.8-38.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.82 |
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Draught, m |
1.40 normal 1.51 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 Voith-Schneider |
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Machinery |
2 MWM or MAN diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
1800 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 11.1 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 900(15) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, (0 - 2) x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7 |
| Electronic equipment | presumably radar |
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Complement |
30 |
Project history: Former German R41 class minesweeping boats, taken up in 1962-63 from mercantile use and rearmed as patrols.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: One was destroyed by Turkish air attack 8.8.1964 at Xeros. Fates of two other ships are unknown, probably they were lost during the Turkish operations of July 1974.
No15 1972
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