El Maouna 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| إل مونا [El Maouna] (ex-La Surprise, ex-Torridge) | 033, later- 31 | Blyth, UK | 10.1942 | 16.8.1943 | 4.1944 // 6.1964 | discarded 1975 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1450 |
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Displacement full, t |
2150 |
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Length, m |
86.3 pp 91.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.80 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 645 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7700(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 9, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, helicopter deck |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-6, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar |
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Complement |
123 |
Project history: British River class frigate, transferred to France in 1944 and sold to Morocco in June 1964 and converted as flagship and Royal yacht with helicopter deck and extra accommodation aft. Accepted 5.3.1965.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016