Belay Deress 1957
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| ቢል ደረሠ [Belay Deress] | - | A C Dubigeon, Nantes, France | 12.1953 | 30.9.1954 | 8.1955 // 1.1957 | to USA 1958 |
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Displacement standard, t |
325 |
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Displacement full, t |
400 |
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Length, m |
53.1 |
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Breadth, m |
7.30 |
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Draught, m |
3.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 SEMT-Pielstick diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
3240 |
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Max speed, kts |
19 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR |
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Electronic equipment |
Decca radar, DUBA-2 sonar |
| Complement | 62 |
Project history: Originally ordered by the USA as a part of a NATO order in France, where a whole series of this type was built. Intended for West Germany under MDAP, but not delivered, being transferred to Ethiopia in 1957 under MDAP as her first warship.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Found to be too advanced for then state of Ethiopian naval training, and returned to the US in 1958.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016