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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