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KINGFISHER patrol craft (1975-1977, 1967/1984)

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

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