Kilbirnie 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Kilbirnie (ex-BEC1, ex-PCE827) | Z01 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 10.1942 | 2.5.1943 | 7.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilbride (ex-BEC2, ex-PCE828) | Z02 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 11.1942 | 15.5.1943 | 7.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilchatten (ex-BEC3, ex-PCE829) | Z03 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 12.1942 | 27.5.1943 | 8.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilchrenan (ex-BEC4, ex-PCE830) | Z04 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 12.1942 | 13.6.1943 | 8.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kildary (ex-BEC5, ex-PCE831) | Z05 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 1.1943 | 26.6.1943 | 9.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kildwick (ex-BEC6, ex-PCE832) | Z06 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 2.1943 | 10.7.1943 | 9.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilham (ex-BEC7, ex-PCE833) | Z07 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 2.1943 | 2.8.1943 | 10.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilkenzie (ex-BEC8, ex-PCE834) | Z08 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 3.1943 | 19.8.1943 | 10.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilkhampton (ex-BEC9, ex-PCE835) | Z09 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 3.1943 | 3.9.1943 | 10.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilmalcolm (ex-BEC10, ex-PCE836) | Z10 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 4.1943 | 17.9.1943 | 11.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilmarnock (ex-BEC11, ex-PCE837) | Z11 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 4.1943 | 1.10.1943 | 11.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilmartin (ex-BEC12, ex-PCE838) | Z12 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 5.1943 | 13.10.1943 | 11.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilmelford (ex-BEC13, ex-PCE839) | Z13 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 5.1943 | 23.10.1943 | 12.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilmington (ex-BEC14, ex-PCE840) | Z14 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 5.1943 | 2.11.1943 | 12.1943 | to USA 12.1946 | |
| Kilmore (ex-BEC15, ex-PCE841) | Z15 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 6.1943 | 9.11.1943 | 12.1943 | to USA 12.1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
795 |
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Displacement full, t |
903 |
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Length, m |
54.9 wl 56.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
2.74 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 140 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
8500(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 3 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk 1.2, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40) |
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Sensors |
SL radar, QHA sonar |
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Complement |
96 |
Project history: Royal Navy has ordered in 1941 in the USA 150 large submarine chasers of ΠΡΕ type, for the delivery by lend-lease. After joining of the US to war almost all of them were commissioned by USN, Royal Navy received only 15 ships, one time they were classified as patrol sloops, later as corvettes.
Modernizations: None.
1/1946: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40), SL radar, QHA sonar
Naval service: No significant events.
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