Tinos 1945
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Χειμάρρα [Chimarra] (ex-MMS1) | Richards Ironworks, Lowestoft, UK | 3.8.1940 | 11.1940 // 1946 | to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1501) | |||
Τεπελένι [Tepelini] (ex-MMS2) | Thornycroft, Hampton, UK | 3.10.1940 | 4.1941 // 1946 | to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1546) | |||
Μυκόνιος [Mikonos] (ex-MMS5) | John Morris, Gosport, UK | 1940 | 5.1941 // 1946 | to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1505) | |||
Κόρυτσα [Korytsa] (ex-MMS53) | Herd & McKenzie, Buckie, UK | 1941 | 10.1941 // 1946 | to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1553) | |||
Αργυρόκαστρο [Argirokastro] (ex-MMS58) | J. L. Bolson, Poole, UK | 1941 | 4.1942 // 1946 | to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1558) | |||
Θηος [Thios] (ex-MMS143) | Colombo Port Commissioners, Ceylon | 5.8.1944 | 6/1945 // 1946 | sold 1947 | |||
Τήνος [Tinos] (ex-MMS144) | Colombo Port Commissioners, Ceylon | 27.4.1943 | 10/1944 // 1944 | to United Kingdom 1946 (MMS144) | |||
Άνδρος [Andros] (ex-MMS310) | A. Wahbad, Beirut, Lebanon | 1944 | 1944 // 1946 | to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1810) | |||
Σύρος [Syros] (ex-MMS313) | A. Wahbad, Beirut, Lebanon | 1944 | 1944 // 1946 | to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1813) |
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) | 2400(9.5) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear |
Complement |
20 |
Project history: Diesel-engined coastal minesweepers. Wooden-hulled. All 8 ships were transferred to Greece in 1945 for post-war sweeping.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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