Eglantine
1942
Nordkyn 1944
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Andenes (ex-Acanthus) | K01, 1950- F307 | Ailsa, Troon, UK | 12/1939 | 26/5/1941 | 10/1941 | stricken 1956 |
| Rose | K102 | Simons, Renfrew, UK | 9/1940 | 22/9/1941 | 10/1941 | sunk 27/10/1944 |
| Eglantine, 1946- Sørøy | K197, 1950- F308 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK | 1/1941 | 11/6/1941 | 8/1941 | stricken 1956 |
| Montbretia | K208 | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, UK | 11/1940 | 27/5/1941 | 9/1941 | sunk 18/11/1942 |
| Potentilla | K214 | Simons, Renfrew, UK | 2/1941 | 18/12/1941 | 1/1942 | to UK 3/1944 (Potentilla) |
| Nordkyn (ex-Buttercup) | K193, 1950- F309 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK | 12/1940 | 21/3/1941 | 4/1942 // 12/1944 | stricken 1956 |
| Polarfront I (ex-Saxifrage) | Hill, Bristol, UK | 2/1941 | 24/10/1941 | 2/1942 // 8/1947 | weathership, stricken 1960s | |
| Polarfront II (ex-Bryony) | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK | 11/1940 | 15/3/1941 | 6/1942 // 1947 | weathership, stricken 1960s |
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Displacement standard, t |
925 |
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Displacement full, t |
1170 |
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Length, m |
57.9 pp 62.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.14 - 4.80 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2750 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 230 |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40) Nordkyn, Polarfront I, Polarfront II: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72) |
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Sensors |
type 286, 290 radars, sonar |
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Complement |
109 |
Ship project history:
British Flower-class corvettes, transferred during a war. Two more ships were
purchased in 1947 for fishery protection.
Early 1939 Admiralty formulated requirements to new
patrol ship for operations in a coastal area. Anti-submarine protection of
merchant shipping should become her basic task, so new ship had to had powerful
anti-submarine armament and 16-17kts speed, not yielding to surface speed of
submarines.
From several design one, created on Smith's Dock`s Ltd
South Bank in Middlesborough, has been chosen.
It was created on the basis of
160ft whaler Southern
Pride, built on the same yard. As the order for the new patrol ships was from beginning
supposed to be placed on the yards which do not have experience of naval
shipbuilding and not familiar with Admiralty standards, the design was made
according to standards of merchant shipbuilding more habitual for builders (Lloyd
register standards). Machinery with the same purpose
have chosen enough conservative: well familiar
to reservists triple expansion
engine
which without changes have borrowed at a prototype. The steam was produced by
single-side
fire-tube boilers of so-called "Scottish" type. Perhaps, transition to
oil-firing became a unique innovation.
The hull of the patrol ship, in comparison with a prototype, have extended on 30ft for
propulsion improvement. Simultaneously it allowed to increase
number of watertight compartments and additional internal volume can be
used for placing of magazines and
increased crew.
Modernizations: 1943 - 1945, Andenes, Rose, Eglantine, Potentilla: had light AA armament consisted of (1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon) or (1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon) or 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon or 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon or (2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon). ASW armament consisted of 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT (on some ships), 4 DCT and 2 DCR (up to 72 DC)
Naval service: Montbretia 18/11/1942 was sunk in Northern Atlantic by German submarine U624. Rose was lost in Western Atlantic 27/10/1944 as a result of collision with HMS Manners.
Sørøy 1951
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