Arabis 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Arabis | K385 | George Brown, Greenock, UK | 2/1943 | 28.10.1943 | 2/1944 // 2.1944 | to UK 1948 (Arabis) | |
| Arbutus | K403 | George Brown, Greenock, UK | 5/1943 | 26.1.1944 | 7/1944 // 7.1944 | to UK 1948 (Arbutus) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
980 - 1000 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1350 - 1370 |
|
Length, m |
57.9 pp 62.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.1 |
|
Draught, m |
4.34 - 4.42 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
2750 |
|
Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 337 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
7400(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 271Q or type 273 or type 291 radar, type 144 sonar |
|
Complement |
109 |
Project history: "Flower" with considerably increased fuel stowage. They were built in
Britain and
Canada and differed only by boilers: British-built ships had traditional
fire-tube but Canadian-built ships had water-tube ones.
All 10 ships built in Britain are transferred to Commonwealth navies.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015