Waveney 1985
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Waveney |
M2003 |
562 | Richards SB, Lowestoft | 21.2.1983 | 8.9.1983 | 29.9.1984 | to Bangladesh 10.1994 (শাপলা [Shapla]) |
| Carron | M2004 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth | 21.2.1983 | 23.9.1983 | 29.9.1984 | to Bangladesh 101994 (সৈকত [Shaikat]) | |
| Dovey | M2005 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth | 3.3.1983 | 1.12.1983 | 30.3.1985 | to Bangladesh 10.1994 (সুরভী [Surovi]) | |
| Helford | M2006 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth | 12.10.1983 | 16.5.1984 | 5.1985 | to Bangladesh 10.1994 (শৈবাল [Shaibal]) | |
| Humber | M2007 | 564 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth | 21.10.1983 | 17.5.1984 | 7.6.1985 | to Brazil 2.1995 (Amorim do Valle) |
| Blackwater | M2008 | 565 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth | 16.1.1984 | 29.8.1984 | 20.6.1985 | to Brazil 7.1998 (Melo Baptista) |
| Itchen | M2009 | 566 | Richards SB, Lowestoft | 26.3.1984 | 16.11.1984 | 12.10.1985 | to Brazil 4.1998 (Jorge Leite) |
| Helmsdale | M2010 | 567 | Richards SB, Lowestoft | 21.5.1984 | 11.1.1985 | 1.3.1986 | to Brazil 2.1995 (Garnier Sampaio) |
| Orwell | M2011 | 568 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth | 4.6.1984 | 7.2.1985 | 22.3.1986 | retired 7.2000, to Guyana (Essequibo) |
| Ribble | M2012 | 569 | Richards SB, Great Yarmouth | 17.9.1984 | 7.5.1985 | 28.6.1986 | to Brazil 2.1995 (Jorge Leite) |
| Spey | M2013 | 570 | Richards SB, Lowestoft | 12.11.1984 | 22.5.1985 | 19.7.1986 | to Brazil 7.1998 (Andromeda) |
| Arun | M2014 | 571 | Richards SB, Lowestoft | 4.2.1985 | 20.8.1985 | 29.8.1986 | to Brazil 9.1998 (Babitonga) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
770 |
|
Displacement full, t |
890 |
|
Length, m |
42.0 pp 47.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
|
Draught, m |
3.10 hull 3.75 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Ruston 6RKCM diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
3040 |
|
Max speed, kts |
14 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 88 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4500(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, Mk 9 Team Sweep System mechanical minesweeping gear |
|
Electronic equipment |
2x Decca 1226 radars |
|
Complement |
30 |
Project history: In 1980 it was hoped to order twelve EDATS minesweepers at a cost of £2.4m each. The options were a Navy-designed hull or an adapted commercial design such as a stern trawler. Hall Russell, for example, submitted a derivative of their torpedo recovery vessel, but finally Richards' adapted oil-rig support vessel proposal was accepted.
Plans to order three more for the Fishery Protection Squadron were deferred indefinitely in 1991. Originally to be The Amethyst class, with names of precious stones.
Modernizations: 1994-1995, Blackwater, Itchen, Orwell, Spey, Arun: - minesweeping gear (as patrol ships)
Naval service: No significant events.
Helmsdale 1988
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016