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REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NAVY (SOUTH VIETNAM)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

HÀM TỪ coastal minesweepers (1943/1955)

Hàm Tử 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Hàm Tử (ex-Aubépine, ex-D315, ex-YMS28) HQ111   Greenport Basin, USA 1.1942 31.3.1942 7.1942 // 1.1955 deleted 1958
Chương Dương (ex-Digitale, ex-D326, ex-YMS83) HQ112   Stadium, Cleveland, USA 10.1941 27.6.1942 8.1942 // 1.1955 deleted 1964
Bạch Đằng (ex-Belladonne, ex-D318, ex-YMS78) HQ113   Stadium, Cleveland, USA 5.1941 11.12.1941 6.1942 // 1.1955 deleted 1963

 

Displacement standard, t

270

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

39.6 wl 41.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.47

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU radar

Complement

60

Project history: Former USN YMS type coastal minesweepers, transferred by France.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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