Cavina 1941
Name | Launched // Comm. | Builder | Tonnage, BRT | Dimensions, m | Speed, kts | Machinery, Fuel, t | Armament | Fate |
Ariguani | 20.10.1925 // 10.1940 | A. Stephens, Linthouse | 6746 | 129.6(pp)x16.5x | 14 | 2VTE, coal 2159 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/45 | CAM 1941, accommodation ship 1942 |
Camito | 17.4.1915 // 9.1940 | A. Stephens, Linthouse | 6833 | 129.9(pp)x16.5x | 15.5 | 2VTE, coal 2322 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/40 | sunk 6.5.1941 |
Cavina | 20.3.1924 // 8.1940 | A. Stephens, Linthouse | 6907 | 129.6(pp)x16.5x | 15.75 | 2VTE, coal 2172 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/40 | returned 7.1942 |
Corinthian | 3.5.1938 // 9.1940 | Gray, Tees | 3151 | 105.4(pp)x15.3x | 14.5 | 1VTE+exh turbine, coal 996 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/40 | training ship 1944 |
Crispin | 7.12.1934 // 8.1940 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 5051 | 125.6(pp)x17.0x | 14.5 | 1VTE+exh turbine, coal 692 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/40 | sunk 3.2.1941 |
Erin, 1.1941- Maplin | 5.4.1932 // 9.1940 | Workman Clark, Belfast | 5824 | 131.5(pp)x16.7x | 17 | 1turbo-electric, oil 1197 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI | CAM 1941, returned 7.1942 |
Hilary | 17.4.1931 // 10.1940 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 7403 | 129.3(pp)x17.1x | 15.5 | 1VTE+exh turbine, coal 1975 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/45 | returned 7.1942, LSH(L) 3.1943 |
Inanda | 24.2.1925 // 9.1940 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 5985 | 124.1(pp)x15.9x | 14 | 1VQE, oil | sunk 7.9.1940 when fitting out, later salvaged | |
Inkosi | 25.2.1937 // /1940 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 6618 | 126.4(pp)x17.1x | 15 | 1VQE, oil | damaged 7.9.1940 when fitting out, repaired as cargo vessel | |
Jamaica Producer | 4.4.1934 // 8.1940 | Lithgows, Glasgow | 5464 | 125.3(pp)x16.7x | 16 | 1VQE, oil | returned 10.1941 | |
Lady Somers | 13.11.1928 // 10.1940 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 8194 | 128.1(pp)x18.4x | 16 | 2turbines, oil 1235 | 2 - 152/45 Mk VII, 1 - 76/45 | sunk 15.7.1941 |
Largs (ex-Charles Plumier) | 1938 // 11.1940 | Provence, Port de Bouc, France | 4504 | 109.3(pp)x15.8x | 17 | 2diesels, oil 778 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/45 | LSH(L) 10.1942 |
Malvernian | 25.2.1937 // 8.1940 | Gray, Tees | 3133 | 105.3(pp)x15.3x | 14 | 1VTE+exh turbine, coal 956 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/40 | sunk 19.7.1941 |
Manistee | 28.10.1920 // 9.1940 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 5368 | 122.0(pp)x15.6x | 13.5 | 1VTE, coal | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/40 | sunk 24.2.1941 |
Maron | 17.12.1929 // 8.1940 | Caledon, Dundee | 6487 | 132.0(pp)x17.2x | 15.2 | 2diesels, oil 622 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/45, 1 - 76/40 | returned 6.1942 |
Marsdale | 13.12.1939 // 8.1940 | Lithgows, Glasgow | 4890 | 133.0x17.3x | 14.5 | 1VTE, oil 705 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/40 | returned 6.1942 |
Patia | 14.1.1922 // 10.1940 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 5355 | 121.9(pp)x15.6x | 13.5 | 1VTE, coal | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI | CAM 3.1941, sunk 27.4.1941 |
Registan | 30.1.1930 // 9.1940 | Readhead, South Shields | 5886 | 129.8(pp)x16.8x | 14.5 | 1VTE+exh turbine, oil 770 | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI, 1 - 76/45 | returned 11.1941 |
Tortuguero | 19.4.1921 // 1941 | A. Stephens, Linthouse | 5285 | 121.9(pp)x15.6x | 13.5 | 1VTE, coal | 2 - 152/50 Mk XI ? | returned 1942 |
Project history: OBVs were intended for patrol and boarding service.
Modernizations: CAM-ships were armed with 1 152/50mm gun and powder catapult with 1 Hurricane fighter (2 fighters on Maplin, this ship had 1 additional 76/45mm gun). Most ships had additionally 2 40/39mm pompoms or/and 4 20/70mm Oerlikons.
Naval service: Malvernian was sunk by German aircraft and other ships by submarines.
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