Esbern Snare 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Esbern Snare (ex-Blackmore) | F341 | 579 | A. Stephens, Linthouse, UK | 2/1941 | 2.12.1941 | 4/1942 // 2.1954 | stricken 4.1965 |
| Rolf Krake (ex-Calpe) | F342 | 1595 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 6/1940 | 28.4.1941 | 12/1941 // 10.1954 | stricken 1962 |
| Valdemar Sejr (ex-Exmoor) | F343 | 1593 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 6/1940 | 12.3.1941 | 10/1941 // 6.1954 | stricken 1962 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1050 |
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Displacement full, t |
1625 |
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Length, m |
80.5 pp 85.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.60 |
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Draught, m |
3.78 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
19000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 265 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
2100(20) |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) |
| Electronic equipment | type 271 (some), type 285, type 291 radars, type 128 sonar |
|
Complement |
168 |
Project history: Former British 'Hunt batch 2' escort destroyers. All were reconstructed and rearmed between acquiring in 1953 and commissioning in 1954.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016