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D241 motor minesweepers (1941-1942/1944)

D241 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
D241 (ex-MMS21), 1944- D361     Herd & McKenzie, Buckie, UK   1941 6.1941 // 1944 returned to UK 10.1947
D242 (ex-MMS184), 1944- D362     George Forbes, Peterhead, UK   7.3.1942 5/1942 // 1944 returned to UK 10.1947
D251 (ex-MMS47), 1944- D363     J. W. & A. Upham, UK   14.5.1941 8.1941 // 1944 returned to UK 10.1947
D252 (ex-MMS9), 1944- D364     P. K. Harris, Appledore, UK   5.9.1940 3.1941 // 1944 returned to UK 10.1947 (MMS1509)
D261 (ex-MMS116), 1944- D365     J. S. Doig, Grimsby, UK   23.8.1941 12.1941 // 1944 returned to UK 10.1947
D262 (ex-MMS118), 1944- D366     J. S. Doig, Grimsby, UK   5.2.1942 6/1942 // 1944 returned to UK 10.1947
D291 (ex-MMS133), 1944- D367     Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh, UK   6.9.1941 1.1942 // 1944 returned to UK 10.1947
D292 (ex-MMS134), 1944- D368     Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh, UK   5.1.1942 4/1942 // 1944 returned to UK 10.1947

 

Displacement standard, t

255

Displacement full, t

295

Length, m

36.4

Breadth, m

7.14

Draught, m

2.67 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

375 - 500

Max speed, kts

10 - 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 24 - 26

Endurance, nm(kts) 2500(10-11)

Armament

(1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62) or 2 x 2 - 12.7/62 or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment  

Complement

20

Project history: Ex-RN 105ft Admiralty motor minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MMS272 1944

D364

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