ML380 1945
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Names |
ML380 ML390 - 391 ML412 - 419 ML420, 1947 - ML6420 ML421 ML436 - 441 ML474 - 477 ML829 ML831 - 832 ML843 - 845 ML847 ML872 |
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Builders |
Louw & Halvorsen, Capetown, South Africa: ML380, 829, 847 Bombay DYd: ML390, 391, 420, 421 Garden Reach, Calcutta: ML412 - 415, 418, 439, 440, 476, 477 India General Navigation, Calcutta: ML416, 417, 436 - 438, 474, 475 Burn, Calcutta: ML419, 441 H. Mohatta, Karachi: ML843 - 845 Alcock Asdown, Karachi: ML872 |
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Completed |
1942: ML476, 477 1943: ML412, 413, 416, 417, 436, 437, 474, 475 1944: ML390, 391, 414, 415, 418-420, 843, 844 1942 // 1944: ML438-441 1945: ML421, 872 1942 // 1945: ML380 1943 // 1945: ML829, 831, 832, 847 |
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Losses |
incomplete: ML845 |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
1946: ML437, 829, 831, 832, 847 1947: ML380, 390, 391, 412-419, 6420, 421, 436, 438 - 441, 474-477, 843, 844, 872 |
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Displacement standard, t |
75.5 |
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Displacement full, t |
85.6 |
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Length, m |
34.8 |
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Breadth, m |
5.59 |
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Draught, m |
1.45 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Hall-Scott petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
1200 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 10500 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT (6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines |
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Electronic equipment |
commissioned 1942: type 134 sonar commissioned 1942-1943: type 286PU radar, type 134 sonar commissioned 1943-1945: type 291U or type 293 radar, type 134 sonar |
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Complement |
16 |
Project history: The successful multi-purpose boats used as minesweepers, minelayers and ASW boats. Fairmile B class. Wooden, round-bilge hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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