NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
غزة [Gaza] (ex-BYMS2013, ex-BYMS13)			Associated SB, Seattle, USA	3.1942	4.7.1942	10.1942 // 1949	explosion 26.7.1950
العريش [Arish] (ex-BYMS2028, 2x-BYMS28)			Ballard Marine Railway, Seattle, USA	2.1942	27.6.1942	10.1942 // 1949	stricken 1970
فؤاد مالك [Malek Fuad] (ex-BYMS2035, ex-BYMS35)			American Car & Foundry, Wilmington, USA	9.1942	24.6.1943	8.1943 // 1950	stricken 1970
دار فور [Darfur] (ex-BYMS2041, ex-BYMS41)			Barbour Boat Works, New Bern, USA	10.1942	15.6.1943	10.1943 // 1950	to Algeria 1962 (سدي فرج [Sidi Fradj])
نهريا [Naharia] (ex-BYMS2069, ex-BYMS69)			Wheeler SB, Whitestone, USA	5.1942	3.3.1943	3.1943 // 1950	stricken 1970
كيسرا [Kaisaria] (ex-BYMS2075, ex-BYMS75)			Wheeler SB, Whitestone, USA	7.1942	1.5.1943	6.1943 // 1950	stricken 1970
رفح [Rafah] (ex-BYMS2149, ex-BYMS149, ex-YMS149)			Western Boatbuilding, San Diego, USA	10/1942	4.3.1943	8.1943 // 1950	stricken 1970
تر [Tor] (ex-BYMS2175, ex-BYMS175, ex-YMS175)			Henry C. Grebe & Co, Chicago, USA	6/1942	9.1.1943	6.1943 // 1950	to Algeria 1962 (جبل أورس [Djebel Aures])
كردفان [Kordofan] (ex-BYMS2212, ex-BYMS212, ex-YMS212)			Robert Jacob, City Island, USA	5/1942	16.10.1942	5.1943 // 1950	stricken 1970

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	215
Displacement full, t	circa 250
Length, m	41.5
Breadth, m	7.47
Draught, m	2.36 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	800
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	SO or SU radar
Complement	60

Standard scale images

Project history

Former British YMS class minesweepers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Gaza blew up off Mersa Matrouh in a fuel tank explosion 26.7.1950.