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MMS197 motor minesweepers (1942-1943/1946)

MMS197 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
MMS197     Clare SB, Metaghan, Canada   13.4.1942 12/1942 // 10.1946 stricken 1957
MMS201     Wagstaff & Hatfield, Port Greville, Canada   3.5.1942 3/1943 // 10.1946 stricken 1956

 

Displacement standard, t

255

Displacement full, t

295

Length, m

36.4

Breadth, m

7.14

Draught, m

2.67 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

375 - 500

Max speed, kts

10 - 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 24 - 26

Endurance, nm(kts) 2400(9.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

20

Project history: Former British 105ft motor minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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