Kilbirnie 1945
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Kilbirnie (ex-BEC1, ex-PCE827) | Z01 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 10/1942 | 2/5/1943 | 7/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilbride (ex-BEC2, ex-PCE828) | Z02 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 11/1942 | 15/5/1943 | 7/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilchatten (ex-BEC3, ex-PCE829) | Z03 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 12/1942 | 27/5/1943 | 8/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilchrenan (ex-BEC4, ex-PCE830) | Z04 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 12/1942 | 13/6/1943 | 8/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kildary (ex-BEC5, ex-PCE831) | Z05 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 1/1943 | 26/6/1943 | 9/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kildwick (ex-BEC6, ex-PCE832) | Z06 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 2/1943 | 10/7/1943 | 9/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilham (ex-BEC7, ex-PCE833) | Z07 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 2/1943 | 2/8/1943 | 10/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilkenzie (ex-BEC8, ex-PCE834) | Z08 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 3/1943 | 19/8/1943 | 10/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilkhampton (ex-BEC9, ex-PCE835) | Z09 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 3/1943 | 3/9/1943 | 10/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilmalcolm (ex-BEC10, ex-PCE836) | Z10 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 4/1943 | 17/9/1943 | 11/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilmarnock (ex-BEC11, ex-PCE837) | Z11 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 4/1943 | 1/10/1943 | 11/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilmartin (ex-BEC12, ex-PCE838) | Z12 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 5/1943 | 13/10/1943 | 11/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilmelford (ex-BEC13, ex-PCE839) | Z13 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 5/1943 | 23/10/1943 | 12/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilmington (ex-BEC14, ex-PCE840) | Z14 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 5/1943 | 2/11/1943 | 12/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
| Kilmore (ex-BEC15, ex-PCE841) | Z15 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 6/1943 | 9/11/1943 | 12/1943 | to USA 12/1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
795 |
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Displacement full, t |
903 |
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Length, m |
54.9 wl 56.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
2.74 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 140 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
8500(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 10/17/20/21/22, 3 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40) |
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Sensors |
SF radar, sonar |
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Complement |
96 |
Ship project history: Royal Navy has ordered in 1941 in the USA 150 large submarine chasers of ΠΡΕ type, for the subsequent delivery by lend-lease. After the entering of America into war almost all of them have got to USN, Britain have got only 15 ships, one time they were classified as patrol sloops, later as corvettes.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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