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TAHMADOU motor launches (1941-1944/1951-1956)

Tahmadou 1955

Names

FDB58 (ex-HDML1389), 1956- FDB65 تهمدو [Tahmadou]

FDB66 أسلن [Asalon] (ex-SML323, ex-HDML1081)

Builders

Sittingbourne SB Co., UK: FDB58

Bolson, Poole, UK: FDB66

Completed

1944 // 1951: FDB58

1941 // 6.1956: FDB66

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1971: FDB65, 66

 

Displacement standard, t

46

Displacement full, t

54

Length, m

22.0

Breadth, m

4.83

Draught, m

1.40 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

FDB58: 2 Thornycroft diesels

FDB66: 2 Gardner diesels

Power, h. p.

FDB58: 260

FDB66: 300

Max speed, kts

FDB58: 11

FDB66: 11.8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Electronic equipment type 291 radar, type 134 sonar

Complement

10

Project history: British HDML class harbour defense motor launches.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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