Altair 1963
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Aldebaran (ex-Thornhill) | F590 | Federal, Newark, USA | 10.1943 | 30.12.1943 | 2/1944 // 10.1.1951 | discarded 1976 | |
| Altair (ex-Gandy) | F591 | Tampa SB, USA | 3.1943 | 12.12.1943 | 2/1944 // 10.1.1951 | discarded 1971 | |
| Andromeda (ex-Wesson) | F592 | Federal, Newark, USA | 7.1943 | 17.10.1943 | 11/1943 // 10.1.1951 | discarded 1.1972 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1253 |
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Displacement full, t |
1602 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
|
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 320 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 11500 (11) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/22, 3 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
|
Electronic equipment |
SPS-6, SMA radars, QGB sonar |
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Complement |
186 |
Project history: Former USN destroyer escorts of Cannon class.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Aldebaran 1973
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