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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

ESCORTS

LYNX corvette (1956)

Lynx 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Lynx F823 157 Breda, Marghera, Italy 25.7.1953 31.7.1954 2.10.1956 to Italy 10.1961 (Aquila)

 

Displacement standard, t

800

Displacement full, t

950

Length, m

69.5 pp 76.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.70

Draught, m

2.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Fiat M409 diesels

Power, h. p.

5200

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil 100

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000(18)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/62 SMP3, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda type 64, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASW RL, 2 DCT

Electronic equipment

MLN-1A radar, QCU-2 sonar

Complement

109

Project history: Built under MDAP, similar to Italian Albatros and Danish Triton classes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2015