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MA/SB49 motor anti-submarine boat (1941)

Names

MA/SB49 (ex-Bulldog)

Builders

White, Cowes: MA/SB49

Completed

1941: MA/SB49

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1941: MA/SB49

 

Displacement standard, t

23

Displacement full, t

28 - 31

Length, m

19.2

Breadth, m

5.03

Draught, m

1.02 - 1.08

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Napier petrol engines

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

petrol 4920 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCR (10)

Electronic equipment type 134 sonar

Complement

9

Project history: ex-Indian Govt. craft.

Modernizations:  none

Naval service: Transferred to RAF as SAR craft in 1941.

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