Cauvery 1960
Cauvery 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Cauvery (कावेरी) | U10, 1951- F110, 1975- F10 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 10.1942 | 15.6.1943 | 10.1943 | stricken 1979 | |
| Kistna (कृष्णा) | U46, 1951- F46 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 7.1942 | 22.4.1943 | 8.1943 | stricken 1982 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1350 - 1490 |
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Displacement full, t |
1880 - 1950 |
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Length, m |
86.3 pp 91.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.7 |
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Draught, m |
3.40 - 3.50 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4300 |
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Max speed, kts |
19.75 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 420 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar |
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Complement |
219 |
Project history: Black Swan design to which the corrections considering experience of the first years of war are made: the hull breadth was increased for compensation of the increased weight of armament, engine power was increased for speed preservation. According to Admiralty decision every sixth sloop should have minelaying equipment.
Modernizations: 1945, Kistna: + 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III
1962, Kistna, late 1960s, Cauvery: - 1 x 2 - 102/45, 4 x 2 - 20/70, 6 DCT; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7
1970s, both: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7
Naval service: No significant events.
Kistna 1970s
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