Chao Phraya 1939
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
เจ้าพระยา [Chao Phraya] (ex-Havant) | Eltringham, Willington Quay, UK | 24.3.1919 | 1919 // 1923 | stricken 8.1971 |
Displacement standard, t |
680 |
Displacement full, t |
840 |
Length, m |
67.0 pp 70.4 oa |
Breadth, m |
8.70 |
Draught, m |
2.20 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. |
2200 |
Max speed, kts |
16 |
Fuel, t |
oil 160 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 1750(15) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II |
Complement |
65 |
Project history: Former British minesweeper Havant of Hunt class. In August, 1922 she was transferred to the property of Thornycroft, which in 1923 sold ship to Siam. Minesweeping equipment was removed by transfer.
Modernizations: 1940s: - 1 x 1 - 102/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII
Naval service: Chao Phraya was used as TS.
Chao Phraya 1924
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