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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

Portuguese-built trawlers, wooden hull (1942 - 1943)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Portobello, 1943 - Prophet T194   A. Monica, Aviero, Portugal   2.4.1942 1.1943 sold 6.1946
Port Patrick, 1943 - Protest T195   M. M. B. Monica, Aviero, Portugal   12.8.1941 12.1942 sold 6.1946
Port Royal , 1943 - Proof T191   A. Monica, Aviero, Portugal   14.7.1942 3.1943 sold 6.1946
Portrush, 1943 - Property T192   A. Monica, Aviero, Portugal   28.8.1942 1.1943 sold 6.1946
Port Stanley, 1943 - Prong T190   A. Monica, Aviero, Portugal   14.7.1942 5.1943 sold 6.1946
Provost, 1943 - Prowess (ex-Portreath) T196   M. M. B. Monica, Aviero, Portugal   21.2.1943 3.1943 sold 6.1946

 

Displacement standard, t

500

Displacement full, t

615 - 640

Length, m

39.3 - 40.8 pp

Breadth, m

8.28 - 8.46

Draught, m

3.61 - 3.76 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 56 - 65

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (25), mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment type 286PU (some) radar

Complement

30

Project history: Minesweeping trawlers, built in Portugal by Admiralty order.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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