MMS90 1942
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
MMS97 | Brunton & Co, Cochin | 6.1941 | 3/1946 | sold 11.1946 | |||
MMS98 | Brunton & Co, Cochin | 7.1941 | 3/1946 | sold 11.1946 | |||
MMS129 | Brunton & Co, Cochin | 5.3.1942 | 5/1943 | to Pakistan 1948 (Mujahid) | |||
MMS130 | Brunton & Co, Cochin | 5.3.1942 | 6/1943 | sold 1954 | |||
MMS131 | Brunton & Co, Cochin | 7.5.1942 | 3/1944 | to Pakistan 1948 (Ghazi) | |||
MMS132, 1944- Barq | Brunton & Co, Cochin | 21.5.1942 | 1/1944 | to Pakistan 1947 (Barq) | |||
MMS145 | Colombo Port Commissioners, Ceylon | 28.9.1943 | 4.1945 | sold 1946 | |||
MMS148 | H. Stone, Mandapan, Burma | 1.1942 | 11.1946 | stricken 11.1946 | |||
MMS151 | Brunton & Co, Cochin | 12.1941 | 12.1945 | sold 11.1949 | |||
MMS154 | H. Stone, Coconada | 12.1941 | 1.1946 | DY craft 1960 |
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 |
(1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62) or 2 x 2 - 12.7/62 or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear 1946: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear |
Complement |
20 |
Project history: Very successful design of wooden coastal minesweeper able to sweep magnetic and acoustic mines.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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