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BABR frigate (1945/1949)

Babr 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
بابر [Babr] (ex-Derby Haven)     Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK 2/1944 14.12.1944 8/1945 // 7.1949 stricken 1972

 

Displacement standard, t

1435

Displacement full, t

2260

Length, m

87.2 pp 93.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

3.76 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

19.5

Fuel, t

oil 724

Endurance, nm(kts)

7000(15)

Armament

1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III

Electronic equipment

type 277 radar

Complement

177

Project history: Former British 'Loch" class frigate, completed as depot ship. Served as depot ship for landing craft but was rated as frigate.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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