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MINE WARFARE SHIP AND CRAFTS

BAFRA minesweepers (1942/1946)

Bafra 1946

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bafra (ex-MMS63)     Walter Reekie, St. Monace, UK   29.1.1942 2/1942 // 1946 stricken mid-1950s
Bandırma (ex-MMS65)     Husband Yacht Yard, Marshwood, UK   16.1.1942 7/1942 // 1946 stricken mid-1950s
Bartın (ex-MMS88)     Philip, Dartmouth, UK   21.11.1941 3.1942 // 1946 fire 17.4.1954

 

Displacement standard, t

255

Displacement full, t

295

Length, m

36.4

Breadth, m

7.14

Draught, m

2.67 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

375 - 500

Max speed, kts

10 - 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 24 - 26

Endurance, nm(kts) 2400(9.5)

Armament

2 x 2 - 12.7/62, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

20

Project history: Admiralty 105ft motor minesweepers. Very successful design of wooden coastal minesweeper able to sweep magnetic and acoustic mines.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Bartın was lost 17.4.1954 after fire at Ostend.

Bafra 1948

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