Assam 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| British-built, 1941 program | |||||||
| Sind (ex-Betony) | K274 | Hall, Aberdeen, UK | 9.1942 | 22.4.1943 | 8.1943 // 8.1945 | to United Kingdom 5.1946 (Betony) | |
| Assam (ex-Bugloss) | K306 | Crown, Sunderland, UK | 11.1942 | 21.6.1943 | 11.1943 // 2.1945 | BU 1947 | |
| Gondwana (ex-Burnet) | K348 | Ferguson, Glasgow, UK | 11.1942 | 31.5.1943 | 9.1943 // 5.1945 | to United Kingdom 5.1946 (Burnet) | |
| British-built, 1942 program | |||||||
| Mahratta (ex-Charlock) | K395 | Ferguson, Glasgow, UK | 1942/43 | 16.11.1943 | 3.1944 // 1946 | wrecked 1947 | |
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Displacement standard, t |
980 - 1000 |
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Displacement full, t |
1350 - 1370 |
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Length, m |
57.9 pp 62.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.34 - 4.42 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2750 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 337 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
7400(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72) Mahratta: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk I, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIIV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 271 or type 273 or type 291 radar, type 123 or type 128 or type 144 sonar |
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Complement |
109 |
Project history: "Flower" with considerably increased fuel stowage. They were built in Britain and Canada and differed only by boilers: British-built ships had traditional fire-tube but Canadian-built ships had water-tube ones.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Mahratta was lost in 1947.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015