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CHAO PHRAYA sloop (1919/1923)

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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