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ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY (NEW ZEALAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

INCHKEITH armed trawlers (1941)

Inchkeith 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Inchkeith T155, 1950- P155   Lewis, Aberdeen, UK 11.1940 10.7.1941 10.1941 sold 1958
Killegray T174, 1950- P174   Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK 1/1941 27.5.1941 11.1941 sold 1958
Sanda T160, 1950- P160   Goole SB, UK 12.1940 12.7.1941 11.1941 sold 1958
Scarba T175, 1950- P175   Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK 3.1941 26.6.1941 11.1941 sold 1958

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 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30), mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment type 122 sonar

Complement

35 - 40

Project history: Development of Basset class. "Isles" class was intended for minesweeping.

Modernizations: 1942 - 1943, all: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 271 (some), type 290 (some) radars

Naval service: No significant events.

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