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TEMPTRESS gunboats (1940-1941/1942, 1942-1943)

Temptress 1942

Intensity 1945

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
1st group
PG62 Temptress (ex-Veronica)   Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK 7/1940 17.10.1940 2.1941 // 3.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
PG63 Surprise (ex-Heliotrope)   Crown, Sunderland, UK 10.1939 5.6.1940 9.1940 // 3.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
PG64 Spry (ex-Hibiscus)   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 11.1939 6.4.1940 5.1940 // 5.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
PG65 Saucy (ex-Arabis)   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 10.1939 14.2.1940 4.1940 // 4.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945 (Snapdragon)
PG66 Restless (ex-Periwinkle)   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 10.1939 24.2.1940 4.1940 // 3.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
PG67 Ready (ex-Calendula)   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 10.1939 21.3.1940 5.1940 // 3.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
PG68 Impulse (ex-Begonia)   Cook, Welton & Gemmel, Beverley, UK 3.1940 18.9.1940 3.1941 // 3.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
PG69 Fury (ex-Larkspur)   Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, UK 3.1940 5.9.1940 1.1941 // 3.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
PG70 Courage (ex-Heartsease)   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 11.1939 20.4.1940 6.1940 // 4.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
PG71 Tenacity (ex-Candytuft)   Grangemouth, UK 10.1939 8.7.1940 10.1940 // 6.1942 to United Kingdom 8.1945
2nd group
PG86 Action (ex-Comfrey)   Collingwood, Canada 1.1942 28.7.1942 11.1942 sold 2.1946
PG87 Alacrity (ex-Cornel)   Collingwood, Canada 1.1942 4.9.1942 12.1942 stricken 10.1945
PG88 Beacon (ex-Dittany)   Collingwood, Canada 1942 31.10.1942 --- // 5.1943 to United Kingdom 3.1943 (Dittany)
PG89 Brisk (ex-Flax)   Kingston, Canada 1942 15.6.1942 12.1942 sold 10.1946
PG90 Caprice (ex-Honesty)   Kingston, Canada 1942 28.9.1942 --- // 5.1943 to United Kingdom 5.1943 (Honesty)
PG91 Clash (ex-Linaria)   Midland, Canada 1942 18.11.1942 --- // 6.1943 to United Kingdom 6.1943 (Linaria)
PG92 Haste (ex-Mandrake)   Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1941 22.8.1942 4.1943 disposed 10.1945
PG93 Intensity (ex-Milfoil)   Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1941 5.8.1942 3.1943 disposed 10.1945
PG94 Might (ex-Musk)   Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1941 15.7.1942 12.1942 stricken 10.1945
PG95 Pert (ex-Nepeta)   Morton, Quebec City, Canada 7.1942 27.11.1942 7.1943 stricken 10.1945
PG96 Prudent (ex-Privet)   Morton, Quebec City, Canada 8.1942 4.12.1942 6.1943 stricken 11.1945, to Italy (Elbano Stafetta)
PG97 Splendor (ex-Rosebay)   Collingwood, Canada 1942 11.2.1943 --- // 7.1943 to United Kingdom 7.1943 (Rosebay)
PG98 Tact (ex-Smilax)   Collingwood, Canada 1942 24.12.1942 --- // 6.1943 to United Kingdom 6.1943 (Smilax)
PG99 Vim (ex-Statice)   Collingwood, Canada 1942 10.4.1943 --- // 9.1943 to United Kingdom 9.1943 (Statice)
PG100 Vitality (ex-Willowherb)   Midland, Canada 1942 24.3.1943 --- // 8.1943 to United Kingdom 8.1943 (Willowherb)

 

Displacement standard, t

PG62 - 71: 940

PG86 - 100: 1015

Displacement full, t

PG62 - 71: 1180

PG86 - 100: 1375

Length, m

PG62 - 71: 57.9 wl 62.5 oa

PG86 - 100: 57.9 wl 63.5 oa

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

4.45 maximal full load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

PG62 - 71: 2750

PG86 - 100: 2800

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

PG62 - 71: oil 230

PG86 - 100: oil 337

Endurance, nm(kts)

PG62 - 71: 3500 (12)

PG86 - 100: 7400 (10)

Armament

PG62 - 71: 1 x 1 - 102/52 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72)

PG86 - 100: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 4 x 1 - 20 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72)

Electronic equipment

PG62 - 71: type 271 radar, type 128 sonar

PG86 - 100: SG or SL radar, type 144 sonar

Complement

PG62 - 71: 87

PG86 - 100: 90

 

Project history: In early 1942 Britain has transferred to the USA 10 corvettes of "Flower" class, reclassified in the USN as gunboats (PG62-71). Simultaneously in Canada 15 more ships under the advanced project have been ordered. Only eight ships of 2nd group were accepted by the USN, as by their time of completion necessity for foreign-built ships (which else were should to equip additionally to the standards accepted in the American Navy) has disappeared. Remaining seven (PG88, 90, 91 and 97-100) have been transferred to Royal Navy by lend-lease.

Modernizations: 1942-1943, 1st group: - type 271 radar; + SG or SL radar

1943 - 1944, Temptress, Surprise, Spry, Saucy, Restless, Ready, Impulse, Fury, Courage, Tenacity: + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL

1.1946, PG86, 89: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 4 x 1 - 20 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72), SG or SL radar, type 144 sonar

Naval service: No significant events.

Saucy

Intensity 1943

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