AB1 1946
Names |
AB1 (ex-ML386) AB2 (ex-ML584) AB3 - 5 (ex-ML836 - 838) AB6 (ex-ML842) AB7 (ex-ML862) AB8 (ex-ML863) |
Builders |
Johnson & Jago, Leigh on Sea, UK: AB2 Thomas Cook, Cairo, Egypt: AB7, 8 Anglo-American Nile Tourist Co., Cairo, Egypt: AB1, 3 - 6 |
Completed |
1943 // 7.1946: AB1 - 3, 6 1944 // 7.1946: AB4, 5, 7, 8 |
Losses |
None |
Transfers |
None |
Discarding |
1970 - 1973: AB1 - 8 |
Displacement standard, t |
75.5 |
Displacement full, t |
85.6 |
Length, m |
34.8 |
Breadth, m |
5.59 |
Draught, m |
1.45 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Hall-Scott petrol engines |
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
Max speed, kts |
18 |
Fuel, t |
petrol 10500 l |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss Mk 1.2, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 4, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT (6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines |
Electronic equipment |
type 291U or type 293 radar, type 134 sonar |
Complement |
16 |
Project history: Patrol launches of Fairmile B type transferred to Turkey after service under British flag.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
AB2 1948
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