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SRI LANKA NAVY (SRI LANKA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

VIJAYA minesweeper (1944/1949)

Vijaya 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
විජය [Vijaya] (ex-Flying Fish) M370   Redfern, Toronto, Canada 10.1943 16.2.1944 10/1944 // 9.1949 to United Kingdom 1964

Displacement standard, t

1030

Displacement full, t

1325

Length, m

68.6

Breadth, m

10.8

Draught, m

3.28 deep load (3.99 by screws)

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

oil 230 - 239

Endurance, nm(kts)

6000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk 2, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (90 - 92), mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment type 271 or type 272 radar, type 128 sonar

Complement

85 - 138

Project history: Canadian-built RN Algerine class minesweeper.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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