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KONG HAAKON VII patrol craft (1942/1942)

Kong Haakon VII 1943

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Kong Haakon VII (ex-PC467)     Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 10.1941 29.4.1942 6.1942 // 9.1942 stricken 8.1957

 

Displacement standard, t

280

Displacement full, t

330

Length, m

51.8 wl 52.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.06

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil 49
Endurance, nm(kts) 3000 (12) - 4800 (12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 3 х 1 - 12.7/90, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

QHA sonar

Complement 59

 

Project history: American PC-class submarine chaser, transferred by Roosevelt as a gift to Norwegian King Haakon.

Modernizations: 1943 - 1944: - 1 x 1 - 76/50, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT, SF or SO or SU radar

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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