Badsworth 1944
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Badsworth, 1946- Arendal | L03, 1950- D310, 1956- F310 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 5/1940 | 17/3/1941 | 8/1941 // 11/1944 | stricken 5/1961 |
| Tromsø (ex-Zetland) | D311, 1956- F311 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 10/1940 | 7/3/1942 | 6/1942 // late1952 | stricken 1965 |
| Haugesund (ex-Beaufort) | D312, 1956- F312 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 7/1940 | 9/6/1941 | 11/1941 // late1952 | stricken 1965 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1050 |
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Displacement full, t |
1625 |
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Length, m |
80.5 pp 85.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.60 |
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Draught, m |
3.78 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
19000 |
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Max speed, kn |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 265 |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (30 - 60) Haugesund: 3 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (30 - 60) |
| Sensors | type 271, 285, 290 or 291 radars, type 123A, 127 sonars |
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Complement |
168 |
Ship project history: British Hunt series II escort destroyers, transferred in 1944 and in 1952.
Redesigned "Hunt I" design with increased by 0.8m breadth for improvement of stability. In the remaining these ships corresponded to an original design.
Modernizations: 1954, all: lattice mast was installed; armament consisted of 2 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA ("A" and "Y" mounts), 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid DCT, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (30)
Naval service: No significant events.
Arendal 1953
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