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CUDDALORE coastal minesweepers (1955-1956/1956, 1956)
Photo
Kakinada 1977
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
कुड्डलौर [Cuddalore] (ex-Wennington) |
M1190, 1975- M90 |
Doig, Grimsby |
1954 |
6.4.1955 |
1955 // 8.1956 |
deleted 1987 |
|
कण्णनौर [Cannanore] (ex-Whiton) |
M1191, 1975- M91 |
Fleetlands, Gosport |
1955 |
30.1.1956 |
1956 |
deleted 1987 |
|
कारवाड़ [Karwar] (ex-Overton) |
M1197, 1975- M92 |
Camper & Nicholson, Gosport |
1955 |
28.1.1956 |
8/1956 |
deleted 1986 |
|
काकीनाड़ा [Kakinada] (ex-Durweston) |
M1201, 1975- M93 |
Dorset Yacht, Poole, Poole |
1954 |
18.8.1955 |
1956 // 8.1956 |
deleted 1987 |
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) | 3000(8) |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 9, LL mechanical/magnetic/acoustic minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | type 978 radar |
| Complement | 29 |
Graphics
Kakinada 1977
Project history
Former British Ton class coastal minesweepers, two were transferred before and two after commissioning by RN.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
