101-go 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 第101号掃海艇 [101-go] (ex-Taitam, ex-Portland) | Taikoo, Hong Kong, UK / Japan | 7.1941 | 20.2.1943 | 4.1944 | sunk 12.1.1945 | ||
| 第102号掃海艇 [102-go] (ex-Waglan, ex-Seaford) | Taikoo, Hong Kong, UK / Japan | 7.1941 | 20.3.1943 | 9.1944 | surrendered 8.1945, to United Kingdom 11.1947, BU |
|
Displacement standard, t |
580 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
678 |
|
Length, m |
54.9 |
|
Breadth, m |
6.69 |
|
Draught, m |
3.12 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
2200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15.8 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 150 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1900(15.7) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 DCT (36), mechanical minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | 3-shiki 1-go radar, type 128 sonar |
|
Complement |
60 |
Project history: Minesweepers of Bangor class, laid down in Hong Kong for Royal Navy 22.7.1941. At the moment of city occupancy by Japanese troops in December, 1941 they were on the stocks in a low readiness level. They were completed for IJN.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: W101 was sunk by American aircraft 12.1.1945 at Cape Padaran. W102 was hard damaged on a mine 3.2.1945 N off Haitan but repaired and in 1947 returned to UK.
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