Essequibo 2005
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Essequibo (ex-Orwell) | 1026 | 568 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth, UK | 4.6.1984 | 7.2.1985 | 22.3.1986 // 22.6.2001 | in service (2020) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
770 |
|
Displacement full, t |
890 |
|
Length, m |
42.0 pp 47.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
|
Draught, m |
3.10 hull 3.75 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Ruston 6RKCM diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
3040 |
|
Max speed, kts |
14 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 88 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4500(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90 |
|
Electronic equipment |
2x Decca RM 1226 radars |
|
Complement |
32 |
Project history: Former RN River-class minesweeper, retired from RN in July 2000 and sold to Guyana in April 2001. Recommissioned 22.6.2001. All sweep gear has been removed before transfer.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In 2010s ship was presumably disarmed and used as a cadet training ship.
Essequibo 2001
© Ivan Gogin, 2020