Matrouh 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| مطروح [Matrouh] (ex-Stornoway) | Robb, Leith, UK | 7/1940 | 10.6.1941 | 11.1941 // 9.1946 | lost 1968-69 | ||
| نصر [Nasr] (ex-Bude) | Lobnitz, Renfrew, UK | 4/1940 | 4.9.1940 | 2.1941 // 1946 | expended 1972 | ||
| السلوم [Sollum] (ex-Wedgeport) | Dufferin, Toronto, Canada | 2.8.1941 | 4/1942 // 1949 | foundered 7.4.1953 |
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Displacement standard, t |
688 |
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Displacement full, t |
875 |
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Length, m |
54.9 |
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Breadth, m |
8.69 |
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Draught, m |
3.12 deep load (3.73 by screws) |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 150 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4000(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk I, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 DCT |
| Electronic equipment | type 291U radar, type 128 sonar |
|
Complement |
87 |
Project history: Former British Bangor class minesweepers, rated as corvettes.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Details of the loss of Matrouh are not available. Sollum foundered 7.4.1953 off Alexandria in heavy weather.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016