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CURLEW coastal minesweepers (1953-1958/1961)


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Snipe 1980

Ships


Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comp

Fate

Snipe (ex-Alcaston, ex-Blue Ant)

M1102

 

Thornycroft, Woolston, UK

7/1951

5.1.1953

1/1954 // 9.1962

paid off 6.1983, BU 1988

Curlew (ex-Chediston, ex-Montrose, ex-Chediston, ex-Red Centipede)

M1121, 1969- 1121

 

Montrose SYd, UK

4/1952

6.10.1953

12/1954 // 8.1962

paid off 4.1990, sold 6.1991

Hawk (ex-Somerleyton, ex-Gamston)

M1139, 1969- 1139

 

Richards IW, Lowestoft, UK

1954

1.7.1954

1955 // 7.1962

paid off 1.1972, sold 1976

Teal (ex-Jackton)

M1152

 

Philip, Dartmouth, UK

1954

28.2.1955

1955 // 8.1962

paid off 8.1970, sold 1978

Ibis (ex-Singleton)

M1183

 

Montrose SYd, UK

1954

18.11.1955

1956 // 9.1962

paid off 5.1984, sold 1984

Gull (ex-Swanston)

M1185

 

Doig, Grimsby, UK

1953

1.7.1954

1955 // 7.1962

paid off 11.1969, sold 1976



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

425

Length, m

42.7 pp 46.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.80

Draught, m

2.50 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Napier Deltic diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 45

Endurance, nm(kts)3500(8)
Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, LL mechanical/magnetic/acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

type 978 radar

Complement

29



Graphics


<i>Snipe </i>1980
Snipe 1980


Project history

6 coastal minesweepers bought from the Royal Navy in 1961 and modified to suit RAN requirements, with air-conditioning, re-engining with Deltics and fitting with stabilizers.

Modernizations

1968, Curlew; 1970, Snipe - were converted to minehunters: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, minesweeping gear; + type 193 sonar, 2 inflatable boats, 4 divers

Naval service

No significant events.