Walney 1942
Banff 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Tahoe group | |||||||
| Culver (ex-WPG49 Mendota) | Y87 | 1415 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 6/1928 | 27.11.1928 | 3.1929 // 4.1941 | sunk 31.1.1942 |
| Fishguard (ex-WPG47 Tahoe) | Y59 | 1413 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 12/1927 | 12.6.1928 | 10.1928 // 4.1941 | to USA 3.1946 |
| Hartland (ex-WPG46 Pontchartrain) | Y00 | 1412 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 11/1927 | 16.6.1928 | 10.1928 // 4.1941 | sunk 8.11.1942 |
| Lulworth (ex-WPG45 Chelan) | Y60 | 1411 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 11/1927 | 19.5.1928 | 8.1928 // 5.1941 | to USA 2.1946 |
| Sennen (ex-WPG48 Champlain) | Y21 | 1414 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 5/1928 | 11.10.1928 | 1.1929 // 5.1941 | to USA 3.1946 |
| Saranac group | |||||||
| Banff (ex-WPG52 Saranac) | Y43 | General Engineering, Alameda, USA | 12.4.1930 | 10.1930 // 4.1941 | to USA 2.1946 (Tampa) | ||
| Gorleston (ex-WPG50 Itasca) | Y92 | General Engineering, Alameda, USA | 16.11.1929 | 7.1930 // 5.1941 | to USA 4.1946 | ||
| Landguard (ex-WPG53 Shoshone) | Y56 | General Engineering, Alameda, USA | 11.9.1930 | 1.1931 // 5.1941 | BU 10.1949 | ||
| Totland (ex-WPG54 Cayuga) | Y88 | 797 | Staten Island Port, Richmond, USA | 8.10.1931 | 3.1932 // 5.1941 | to USA 5.1946 (Mocoma) | |
| Walney (ex-WPG51 Sebago) | Y04 | General Engineering, Alameda, USA | 10.2.1930 | 9.1930 // 5.1941 | sunk 8.11.1942 | ||
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Displacement trials, t |
1662 |
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Displacement full, t |
2075 |
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Length, m |
72.9 wl 76.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.8 |
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Draught, m |
3.94 trials |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3350 |
|
Max speed, kn |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 300 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
8000(8) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 127/51 Mk 7.8, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90 |
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Complement |
97 |
Project history: USN Coast
Guard cutters, transferred to RN by lend-lease in April-June, 1941.
They concerned to two very close Tahoe and Saranac classes, differing only in
details. Cutters intended for service in Northern
Atlantic (ice circumstances observation, for what their hulls were
strengthened). Machinery of the ships included
prevalent enough in the USA, but rare in
the UK, turbo-electric gear. They were
differed from other sloops by good habitability for their dimensions, however a number of the lacks
was generic in them, not allowing to consider them as rigorous combat ships: the
hull had insufficient subdivision on watertight compartments, bulkheads did not
reach an upper deck which besides on the big extent was wood (not steel,
sheathed by a wood, and continuous wood as by sailing frigates). Insufficient,
to RN measures, there was also stability.
After transfer to UK cutters, reclassified to sloops, have passed the
modernization
directed on correction of the majority of these lacks. In particular, 30ts of a
ballast were laid, some re-planning of internal spaces had conducted and
absolutely improper armament was modernized for ASW operations.They received
sonar, 2 DCT and DCR.
Modernizations: mid-1941, Banff, Fishguard, Walney: + 3 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100 DC), type 271 radar
mid-1941, Culver, Lulworth, Sennen, Totland: - 1 x 1 - 127/51; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100), type 271 radar
mid-1941, Gorleston, Landguard: + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100), type 271 radar
mid-1941, Hartland: - 1 x 1 - 127/51; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 3 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100), type 271 radar
1943, Gorleston: - 1 x 1 -127/51; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V
1943, Banff, Fishguard: - 1 x 1 - 127/51, 4 x 1 - 12.7/94; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
1943, Landguard: - 4 x 1 - 12.7/94; + 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
1943, Lulworth, Sennen, Totland: - 4 x 1 - 12.7/94; + 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
1944 - 1945, Banff: + 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 144 sonar
1944 - 1945, Fishguard: - 3 x 1 - 76/45; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 144 sonar
1944 - 1945, Gorleston: - 1 x 1 - 76/45; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 144 sonar
1944 - 1945, Landguard, Lulworth, Sennen, Totland: + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 144 sonar
1/1946, Landguard: 1 x 1 - 127/51 Mk 10, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Mk II, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100), type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
1/1946, Gorleston: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk II, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 4 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100), type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
1/1946, Lulworth, Sennen, Totland: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk II, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Mk II, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100), type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
1/1946, Fishguard: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk II, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100), type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
1/1946, Banff: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk II, 3 x 1 - 76/45 Mk II, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (100), type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
Naval service: Culver was sunk by German submarine U105 in Northern Atlantic 31.1.1942. Walney and Hartland were sunk by gunfire of French coastal battery and destroyers (Hartland by Typhon and Walney by Épervier and Tramontane) at Oran 8.11.1942.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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