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