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TURKISH NAVY (TURKEY)

COASTAL FORCES

LSB1 motor launches (1942-1943/1943)

LSB1 1943

Names

LSB1 (ex-ML1124)

LSB2 (ex-ML1135)

LSB3 (ex-ML1256)

LSB4 (ex-ML1296)

LSB5 (ex-ML1294)

LSB6 (ex-ML1282)

LSB7 (ex-ML1245)

LSB8 (ex-ML1243)

Builders

Sussex SB Co., Shoreham, UK: LSB1, 5

Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: LSB3

Robinson, Lowestoft, UK: LSB7

Sittingbourne SB Co., UK: LSB6

McGruer, Clynder, UK: LSB4

McLean, Renfrew, UK: LSB8

Thornycroft, Hampton, UK: LSB2

Completed

1942 // 3.1943: LSB1, 2

1943 // 8-11/1943: LSB3 - 8

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1960-1962: LSB1 - 8

 

Displacement standard, t

46

Displacement full, t

54

Length, m

22.0

Breadth, m

4.83

Draught, m

1.40 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

LSB5, 7: 2 Gardner diesels

LSB4: 2 Glennifer diesels

LSB1 - 3, 6, 8: 2 Thornycroft diesels

Power, h. p.

LSB5, 7: 300

LSB4: 320

LSB1 - 3, 6, 8: 260

Max speed, kts

LSB5, 7: 11.8

LSB4: 11.5

LSB1 - 3, 6, 8: 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I/II or 1 x 1 - 40/50 Mk XIV Rolls-Royce or 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Electronic equipment type 134 sonar

Complement

10

Project history: Patrol launches transferred to Turkey after service under British flag.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

LSB5 1948

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