RAQIB patrol craft (1917/1920)

Raqib 1920

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
الرقيب [Raqib] (ex-P57)			Hamilton, Glasgow, UK	1916	6.8.1917	11.1917 // 5.1920	discarded 1930/36

Displacement normal, t

613

Displacement full, t

Length, m

74.5

Breadth, m

7.20

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Parsons or Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

3500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 98

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 1 - 356 TT, 2 DCR (30)

Complement

50 - 54

Project history: Former British P-boat, bought by Egypt in May, 1920.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: No significant events.

EGYPTIAN NAVY (EGYPT)

ESCORTS

RAQIB patrol craft (1917/1920)

Displacement normal, t	613
Displacement full, t
Length, m	74.5
Breadth, m	7.20
Draught, m	2.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Parsons or Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	3500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 98
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 1 - 356 TT, 2 DCR (30)
Complement	50 - 54