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ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY (MALAYSIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

PENYU minelayer (1943/1954)

Sri Johor 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
Penyu (ex-Dabchick), later- Sri Johor     Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK 11.1942 9.3.1943 7.1943 // 5.1954 deleted 1959

 

Displacement standard, t

545

Displacement full, t

770

Length, m

50.0

Breadth, m

8.43

Draught, m

3.38 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

850

Max speed, kts

12.25

Fuel, t

coal 183

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk 9, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, mines

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

35 - 40

Project history: Former Royal Navy 'Birds' class minelaying version of 'Isles' class trawler.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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