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VP5 1944

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

VP1 (ex-ML1249), 1950- VP750

VP2 (ex-ML1138)

VP3 (ex-ML1233), 1950- VP769

VP4 (ex-ML1240)

VP5 (ex-ML1166)

VP6 (ex-ML1228), 1950- VP768

VP7 (ex-ML1133)

VP8 (ex-ML1132), 1950- VP771

VP9 (ex-ML1127), 1950- VP766

VP10 (ex-ML1250), 1950- VP751

VP11 (ex-ML1152), 1950- VP752

VP12 (ex-ML1225), 1950- VP770

VP13 (ex-ML1142), 1950- VP753

VP14 (ex-ML1136), 1950- VP754

VP15 (ex-ML1144), 1950- VP755

VP16 (ex-ML1139), 1950- VP767

VP21 (ex-ML1072), 1950- VP756

VP22 (ex-ML1141), 1950- VP757

VP23 (ex-ML1231), 1950- VP758

VP31 Palmyre (ex-ML1143), 1950- VP759

VP32 Baalbeck (ex-ML1164), 1950- VP760

VP41 Aventure (ex-ML1425), 1950- VP761

VP42 Revanche (ex-ML1457), 1950- VP762

VP71 (ex-ML1377), 1950- VP763

VP72 (ex-ML1370)

VP81 (ex-ML1432), 1950- VP765

VP82 (ex-ML1273)

VP747 (ex-ML1423)

VP748 (ex-ML1223)

VP749 (ex-ML1229)

Newman, Hamworthy, UK: VP1, 10, 12

Leo Robinson, Lowestoft, UK: VP2, 16, 41

Anderson, Ridgen & Perkins, Whitstable, UK: VP3, 82

Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: VP4

Walker, Colombo, Ceylon: VP5, 32, 72

Sittingbourne SB, UK: VP6, 21

Thornycroft, Hampton, UK: VP7, 8, 14

Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: VP9

Blackmore, Bideford, UK: VP11, 23, 42, 71

Woods, Potter Heigham, UK: VP13, 15, 31

Bolson, Poole, UK: VP22

Bombay Steam Navigation, India: VP81

Moody, Swanwick Shore, UK: VP747

Sussex SB Co., Shoreham, UK: VP748

McGruer, Clynder, UK: VP749

1941 / 1943: VP21

1942 / 1943: VP1 - 4, 7 - 16, 22, 23, 31, 32

1943 / 1943: VP5, 6

1944 / 1945: VP42

1945 / 1945: VP41

1943 / 1946: VP71, 82

1945 / 1946: VP72, 81

1942 / 1955: VP747, 749

1943 / 1955: VP748

None

Cambodia, 1956: VP762; 1957: VP748, 749

1961, Cameroon: VP768 (ex-VP6) (Patrie du Cameroun)

late 1940s: VP2, 4, 5, 7, 82

1951: VP72

1953: VP769, 770

late 1950s - 1965: VP747, 750 - 767, 771, 775 - 778



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

44 - 46

Displacement full, t52 - 54
Length, m22.0
Breadth, m4.83
Draught, m1.40 deep load
No of shafts2
Machinery

VP1, 9 - 13, 15, 16, 21 - 23, 31, 42: 2 Gardner diesels

VP2 - 8, 14, 32, 41: 2 Thornycroft diesels

Power, h. p.

VP1, 9 - 13, 15, 16, 21 - 23, 31, 42: 300

VP2 - 8, 14, 32, 41: 260

Max speed, kts

VP1, 9 - 13, 15, 16, 21 - 23, 31, 42: 11.8

VP2 - 8, 14, 32, 41: 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

wartime commission: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

post-war commission: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Electronic equipment

commissioned 1943: type 134 sonar

commissioned 1943-1955: type 291U radar (some), type 134 sonar

Complement10


Standard scale images


<i>V1</i> 1943
V1 1943


Graphics


<i>VP5</i> 1944
VP5 1944


Project history

British-built HDML-type wooden-hulled motor launches.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.