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MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

ARISH coastal minesweepers (1942-1943/1949-1950)

Darfur 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
غزة [Gaza] (ex-BYMS2013, ex-BYMS13)     Associated SB, Seattle, USA 3.1942 4.7.1942 10.1942 // 1949 explosion 26.7.1950
العريش [Arish] (ex-BYMS2028, 2x-BYMS28)     Ballard Marine Railway, Seattle, USA 2.1942 27.6.1942 10.1942 // 1949 stricken 1970
فؤاد مالك [Malek Fuad] (ex-BYMS2035, ex-BYMS35)     American Car & Foundry, Wilmington, USA 9.1942 24.6.1943 8.1943 // 1950 stricken 1970
دار فور [Darfur] (ex-BYMS2041, ex-BYMS41)     Barbour Boat Works, New Bern, USA 10.1942 15.6.1943 10.1943 // 1950 to Algeria 1962 (سدي فرج [Sidi Fradj])
نهريا [Naharia] (ex-BYMS2069, ex-BYMS69)     Wheeler SB, Whitestone, USA 5.1942 3.3.1943 3.1943 // 1950 stricken 1970
كيسرا [Kaisaria] (ex-BYMS2075, ex-BYMS75)     Wheeler SB, Whitestone, USA 7.1942 1.5.1943 6.1943 // 1950 stricken 1970
رفح [Rafah] (ex-BYMS2149, ex-BYMS149, ex-YMS149)     Western Boatbuilding, San Diego, USA 10/1942 4.3.1943 8.1943 // 1950 stricken 1970
تر [Tor] (ex-BYMS2175, ex-BYMS175, ex-YMS175)     Henry C. Grebe & Co, Chicago, USA 6/1942 9.1.1943 6.1943 // 1950 to Algeria 1962 (جبل أورس [Djebel Aures])
كردفان [Kordofan] (ex-BYMS2212, ex-BYMS212, ex-YMS212)     Robert Jacob, City Island, USA 5/1942 16.10.1942 5.1943 // 1950 stricken 1970

 

Displacement standard, t

215

Displacement full, t

circa 250

Length, m

41.5

Breadth, m

7.47

Draught, m

2.36 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment SO or SU radar

Complement

60

Project history: Former British YMS class minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Gaza blew up off Mersa Matrouh in a fuel tank explosion 26.7.1950.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016