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ROYAL SIAMESE / THAI NAVY (SIAM / THAILAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

M6 minesweeping boats (1950s/1963-1964)

Names

ท.6 - 10 [M6-10]

Builders

11 Naval District SYd, Long Beach, USA: M6-10

Completed

1950s // 1963: M6 - 8

1950s // 1964: M9, 10

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding in service (2019): M6 - 10

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

21

Length, m

15.3

Breadth, m

4.01

Draught, m

1.31

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Navy DB diesel

Power, h. p.

85

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

150(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/92, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic sweeping gear

Sensors

none

Complement

6

Project history: Wooden-hulled former personnel launches, converted before transfer. Employed on the Chao Phraya River.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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