Hamza 1955
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Names |
5 boats: 2 unknown حمزة [Hamza] (ex-ML134) ساب البحر [Sab el Bahr] صقر البحر [Saker al Bahar] |
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Builders |
UK: 5 boats |
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Commissioned |
1940-1945 // 1948-1950: 5 boats |
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Losses |
1 boat (1949-50), 1 boat (1949-50) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
late 1960s: Hamza, Sab el Bahr, Saker al Bahar |
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Displacement standard, t |
75.5 |
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Displacement full, t |
85.6 |
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Length, m |
34.8 |
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Breadth, m |
5.59 |
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Draught, m |
1.45 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Hall-Scott petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
1200 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 10500 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 47/40 Mk II, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT (6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines |
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Electronic equipment |
type 291U or 970 radar, type 134 sonar |
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Complement |
16 |
Project history: Former British 'Fairmile B' class motor launches.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016