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TINOS minesweepers

Tinos 1945

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Χειμάρρα <Chimarra> (ex-MMS1)   Richards Ironworks, Lowestoft, UK   3/8/1940 11/1940 // 1946 to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1501)
Τεπελένι <Tepelini> (ex-MMS2)   Thornycroft, Hampton, UK   3/10/1940 4/1941 // 1946 to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1546)
Μυκόνιος <Mikonos> (ex-MMS5)   John Morris, Gosport, UK   1940 5/1941 // 1946 to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1505)
Κόρυτσα <Korytsa> (ex-MMS53)   Herd & McKenzie, Buckie, UK   1941 10/1941 // 1946 to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1553)
Αργυρόκαστρο  <Argirokastro> (ex-MMS58)   J. L. Bolson, Poole, UK   1941 4/1942 // 1946 to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1558)
Θηος  <Thios> (ex-MMS143)   Colombo Port Commissioners, Ceylon   5/8/1944 6/1945 // 1946 sold 1947
Τήνος <Tinos> (ex-MMS144)   Colombo Port Commissioners, Ceylon   27/4/1943 10/1944 // 1944 to United Kingdom 1946 (MMS144)
Άνδρος <Andros> (ex-MMS310)   A. Wahbad, Beirut, Lebanon   1944 1944 // 1946 to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1810)
Σύρος <Syros> (ex-MMS313)   A. Wahbad, Beirut, Lebanon   1944 1944 // 1946 to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1813)

 

Displacement standard, t

255

Displacement full, t

295

Length, m

36.4

Breadth, m

7.14

Draught, m

2.67 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

diesel

Power, h. p.

375 - 500

Max speed, kts

10 - 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 24 - 26

Endurance, nm(kts) 2400(9.5)

Armament

(1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62) or 2 x 2 - 12.7/62 or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, sweeps

Complement

20

Ship project history: Diesel-engined coastal minesweepers. Wooden-hulled. All 8 ships were transferred to Greece in 1945 for post-war sweeping.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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