Kromantse 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Kromantse | F17 | Vosper, Portsmouth, UK | 10.12.1962 | 5.9.1963 | 27.7.1964 | discarded 1989 | |
| Keta | F18 | Vickers, Tyne, UK | 25.10.1963 | 18.1.1965 | 18.5.1965 | discarded 1989 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
440 |
|
Displacement full, t |
500 |
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Length, m |
54.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.70 |
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Draught, m |
4.00 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Bristol Siddeley Maybach diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
7100 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 60 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2900(14) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/40 Mk 23, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL, 2 x 1 - 51 FRLs |
|
Electronic equipment |
ASW-1, type 978 radars, type 164 sonar |
|
Complement |
235 |
Project history: Vosper Mk 1 corvettes, designed in conjunction with Vickers, and the first in the series of Vosper corvette and frigate designs. Novel, compact and relatively cheap ASW patrol vessels. Two more units were projected, but never begun.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Keta 1975
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