Kingfisher 1980
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Redpole (ex-Sea Otter) | P259 | Fairmile, Berwick | 4.8.1967 // 30.10.1984 | deleted 1994 | |||
Kingfisher | P260 | Richard Dunston, Hessle | 7.1973 | 20.9.1974 | 8.10.1975 | deleted 1994 | |
Cygnet | P261 | Richard Dunston, Hessle | 10.1973 | 26.10.1975 | 8.7.1976 | deleted 1994 | |
Peterel | P262 | Richard Dunston, Hessle | 11.1973 | 14.5.1976 | 7.7.1977 | stricken 12.1990 | |
Sandpiper | P263 | Richard Dunston, Hessle | 12.1973 | 20.1.1977 | 16.9.1977 | stricken 12.1990 |
Displacement standard, t |
167 |
Displacement full, t |
187 |
Length, m |
36.6 oa 33.8 pp |
Breadth, m |
7.16 |
Draught, m |
2.00 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Paxman 16YJCM diesels |
Power, h. p. |
4000 |
Max speed, kts |
25 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
2000(14) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90 |
Electronic equipment |
type 1006(4) radar |
Complement |
14 |
Project history: An unsuccessful attempt to adapt an RAF air-sea rescue design, the Seal type, these craft have proved unstable and suffer badly from vibration. Following problems with Kingfisher, the later craft were given a lighter mast and had no scuttles. Redpole was completed as RAF SAR craft Sea Otter and transferred to RN in 1984.
Modernizations: late 1980s, Redpole, Kingfisher, Cygnet: - 1 x 1 - 40/60
Naval service: Peterel and Sandpiper were immediately relegated to RNR training tenders and P259-261 were disarmed for service as inshore surveying craft.
Kingfisher 1980
© Ivan Gogin, 2016