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D341 motor minesweepers (1943-1944/1944)

D341 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
D341 (ex-MMS1039)     Wivenhoe Shipyard, Milford Haven, UK   1943 9.1944 // 1944 returned to UK 1947
D342 (ex-MMS1032)     Frank Curtis, Par, UK   23.3.1943 8.1943 // 1944 returned to UK 1947
D343 (ex-MMS1024)     Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh, UK   6.3.1943 7.1943 // 1944 returned to UK 1947
D344 (ex-MMS1040)     Frank Curtis, Par, UK   29.10.1943 4.1944 // 1944 returned to UK 1947
D345 (ex-MMS1033)     Frank Curtis, Par, UK   21.5.1943 11.1943 // 1944 returned to UK 1947
D346 (ex-MMS1036)     Frank Curtis, Totnes, UK   25.3.1943 11.1943 // 1944 returned to UK 1947

 

Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

430

Length, m

42.7

Breadth, m

8.51

Draught, m

3.15 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 54

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

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

Complement

21

Project history: Ex-RN 126ft Admiralty motor minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MMS1001 1946

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