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MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

BANGKEO coastal minesweepers (1963-1965)

Bangkeo 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
ลาดหญ้า [Ladya] 5, 1992- 635   Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA     12.1963 stricken 1995
บางแก้ว [Bangkeo] 6, 1992- 612   Dorchester SB, Camden, USA     7.1965 stricken 2017
ท่าดินแดง [Ta Din Daeng] 7   Tacoma BB, USA   11.4.1964 8.1965 stricken 1992
ดอนเจดีย์ [Don Chedi] 8, 1992- 613   Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA     9.1965 stricken 2017

 

Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

400

Length, m

42.1 wl 44.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear

Sensors

SPS-53 radar, UQS-1D sonar

Complement

43

Project history: Former US Bluebird class coastal minesweepers. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: 1987-1988, all: - 1 x 2 - 20/70, SPS-53 radar; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, Decca TM707 radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Ta Din Daeng 1978

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