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PALANG ocean minesweeper (1942/1949)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
بلنق [Palang] (ex-Fly)     Lobnitz, Renfrew, UK 10/1941 1.6.1942 10.1942 // 1949 stricken 1972


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1030

Displacement full, t

1325

Length, m

68.6

Breadth, m

10.8

Draught, m

3.28 deep load (3.99 by screws)

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

oil 230 - 239

Endurance, nm(kts)

6000(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk III, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90 - 92)

Electronic equipmenttype 271 or type 272 radar, type 128 sonar
Complement

138



Standard scale images


<i>Palang </i>1960
Palang 1960


Project history

Former British Algerine class ocean minesweeper, served as frigate.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.