Wedgwood 1950
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
וג'ווד [Wedgwood] (ex-Colon, ex-Beauharnois) | K18 | Morton, Quebec City, Canada | 11.1943 | 11.5.1944 | 9.1944 // 9.6.1948 | retired 1954 | |
הַהֲגָנָה [Haganah] (ex-Balboa, ex-Norsyd) | K20 | Morton, Quebec City, Canada | 1.1943 | 31.7.1943 | 12.1943 // 18.7.1948 | retired 1956 |
Displacement standard, t |
1000 |
Displacement full, t |
1370 |
Length, m |
57.9 pp 63.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.1 |
Draught, m |
4.42 deep load |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
Power, h. p. |
2750 |
Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
Fuel, t |
oil 337 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
7400(10) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/40 CP Mk XXIII, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72 - 100) |
Electronic equipment |
type 271Q or type 273 or type 291 radar, type 144 sonar |
Complement |
109 |
Project history: Ex-RCN corvettes sold into mercantile service and acquired by the Israeli Navy.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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