Raule 1959
Brommy 1963
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Raule (ex-Albrighton) | F217 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 12/1940 | 11.10.1941 | 2/1942 // 14.5.1959 | stricken 12.1967 | |
Brommy (ex-Eggesford) | F218 | White, Cowes, UK | 6/1941 | 12.9.1942 | 1/1943 // 14.5.1959 | stricken 4.1965 |
Displacement standard, t |
1050 |
Displacement full, t |
1590 |
Length, m |
80.5 pp 85.3 oa |
Breadth, m |
9.60 |
Draught, m |
3.73 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
Power, h. p. |
19000 |
Max speed, kts |
27 |
Fuel, t |
oil 328 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
2100(20) |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 2 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70) |
Electronic equipment | type 271 or type 272, type 285, type 291 radars, type 128 sonar |
Complement |
168 |
Project history: British 'Hunt' Type 3 class escort destroyers. They were purchased in 1957, renamed and designated Type 138.
Modernizations: 1962, Brommy: new armament and sensors consisted of 1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 1 x 2 - 533 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 15 ASWRL, KH-14/9, ASR10 radars, type 144 sonar
1964, Raule: new armament and sensors consisted of 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 1 x 2 - 533 TT, 1 x 4 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, KH-14/9, ASR10 radars, M5/1, M9/3 sonars
Naval service: Raule and Brommy served as TS for underwater weapons.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016