RP101 1945
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Names |
RP... (ex-ML1260); RP104 (ex-ML1337); RP... (ex-FDB35, ex-ML1400); RP... (ex-ML1407); RP... (ex-ML1409); RP... (ex-FDB15, ex-ML1440); RP... (ex-FDB32, ex-ML1449); RP... (ex-FDB11, ex-ML1450); RP... (ex-FDB22, ex-ML1451); RP... (ex-FDB12, ex-ML1453); RP... (ex-FDB24, ex-ML1454); RP103 (ex-ML1470); RP... (ex-FDB13, ex-ML1472); RP... (ex-FDB14, ex-ML1473); RP... (ex-FDB26, ex-ML1474); RP... (ex-FDB27, ex-ML1475); RP101 (ex-ML1479); RP... (ex-FDB38, ex-ML1489); RP... (ex-FDB39, ex-ML1493) Boats had names RP101 - 112 and others |
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Builders |
Anderson Rigden & Perkins, Whitstable, UK: ML1479 Newman, Hamworthy, UK: ML1493 Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: ML1260 Blackmore, Bideford, UK: ML1409 Sittingbourne SB Co., UK: ML1470 Moody, Swanwick Shore, UK: ML1489 McLean, Renfrew, UK: ML1407 Elkins, Christchurch, UK: ML1400 Nichol, Durban, South Africa: ML1337 Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA: ML1440 Quincy Adams, USA: ML1449 Harris & Parsons, Greenwich, USA: ML1450, 1451 Perkins & Vaughan, Wickford, USA: ML1453, 1454 Huskins Yacht Co., USA: ML1472 - 1475 |
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Completed |
1943 // 1945: ML1407, 1409 1945 // 1945: ML1440, 1449 - 1451, 1453, 1454, 1472 - 1475, 1489, 1493 1943 // 1946: ML1260 1944 // 1946: ML1337 1945 // 1946: ML1400 1944 // 1947: ML1470, 1479 |
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Losses |
None |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
early 1950s: all |
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Displacement standard, t |
46 |
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Displacement full, t |
54 |
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Length, m |
22.0 |
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Breadth, m |
4.83 |
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Draught, m |
1.40 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
ML1440, 1449 - 1451, 1453, 1454: Hercules diesels ML1260, 1337, 1400, 1409, 1489, 1493: Gardner diesels ML1407: Glennifer diesels ML1470, 1479: Thornycroft diesels ML1472 - 1475: unknown diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
ML1440, 1449 - 1451, 1453, 1454: 480 ML1260, 1337, 1400, 1409, 1489, 1493: 300 ML1407: 320 ML1470, 1479: 260 ML1472 - 1475: unknown |
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Max speed, kts |
ML1440, 1449 - 1451, 1453, 1454: 13.5 ML1260, 1337, 1400, 1409, 1489, 1493: 11.8 ML1407: 11.5 ML1470, 1479: 11 ML1472 - 1475: 11 - 12.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 7500 l |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC |
| Sensors | type 291 radar, sonar |
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Complement |
10 |
Ship project history: Wooden-hulled round-bilge boats with good seaworthiness. Standard Admiralty HDMLs.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: FDB are "fast despatch boats".
ML1115 1946
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