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ROYAL SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY - SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY (SOUTH AFRICA)

COASTAL FORCES

ML1197 patrol boats (1943-1944)

ML1387 1943

SDML1200 1960

Names

ML1197 - 1204, 1944- HDML1197-1204, 1949- SDML1197-1204

ML1330 - 1332, 1944- HDML1330-1332, 1949- SDML1330-1332

Builders

Nichol, Durban: ML1197 - 1202, 1330 - 1337

Spadbrow, Durban: ML1203, 1204

Completed

1943: ML1197 - 1204

1944: ML1330-1332

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1945: ML1330, 1332

1946: ML1331

1961: SDML1197 - 1204

 

Displacement standard, t

44 - 46

Displacement full, t

52 - 54

Length, m

22.0

Breadth, m

4.83

Draught, m

1.40 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Gardner diesels

Power, h. p.

300

Max speed, kts

11.8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Electronic equipment type 291U radar (some), type 134 sonar

Complement

10

Project history: HDML type harbour defence motor launches.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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