SWALE frigates (1942-1943/1945)

Swale 1945

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Swale	K217		Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	8/1941	16.1.1942	6.1942 // 7.1945	to United Kingdom 1.1946 (Swale)
Teviot	K222		Hall Russel, Aberdeen, UK	10/1941	12.10.1942	1.1943 // 6.1945	to United Kingdom 1.1946 (Teviot)

Displacement standard, t

1460

Displacement full, t

2180

Length, m

86.3 pp 91.8 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

3.61 - 3.89 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 440

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

K217: 2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)

K222: 2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)

Electronic equipment

type 271 or type 272, type 291 or type 277 radars, type 144 sonar

Complement

140

Project history: Royal Navy 'River' class frigates transferred to RSAN temporarily.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Displacement standard, t	1460
Displacement full, t	2180
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	3.61 - 3.89 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 440
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	K217: 2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150) K222: 2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 or type 277 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	140