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HELLENIC NAVY (GREECE)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFTS

ANCHIALOS minesweepers (1942/1943)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ФТ-11 [FT-11], 1944- Βελεστίνον [Velestinon] (ex-APc75)     W. A. Robinson, Ipswich, USA 1942 1942 1942 // 7.1943 sold 1964
ФТ-12 [FT-12], 1944- Ελασσών [Elasson] (ex-APc67)     Hodgdon Bros., East Boothbay, USA 1942 1942 1942 // 7.1943 sold 1963
ФТ-13 [FT-13], 1944- Καλάβρυτα [Kalavrita] (ex-APc71)     Bristol Yacht, Bristol, USA 1942 1942 1942 // 7.1943 sold 1963
ФТ-15 [FT-15], 1944- Δίστομον [Distomon] (ex-APc66)     Hodgdon Bros., East Boothbay, USA 1942 1942 1942 // 7.1943 sold 1963
ФТ-24 [FT-24], 1944- Λέχοβον [Lechovon] (ex-APc73)     Bristol Yacht, Bristol, USA 1942 1942 1942 // 7.1943 sold 1964
ФТ-28 [FT-28], 1944- Αγχίαλος [Anchialos] (ex-APc65)     Hodgdon Bros., East Boothbay, USA 1942 1942 1942 // 7.1943 sold 1963

 

Displacement standard, t

160

Displacement full, t

229

Length, m

31.4

Breadth, m

6.50

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

25

   

Project history: American small transports, built in 1943. They were transferred to Greece on lend-lease in July, 1943 and converted to minesweepers. Originally they had ФT designations, later received names. After war all were used as cargo vessels and lighthouse tenders.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1963-1964 all were sold mercantile.

 

FT13 1943

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