Wild Goose 1944
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Black Swan | L57 - U57 - F57 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 6/1938 | 7/7/1939 | 1/1940 | BU 9/1956 |
| Erne | U03 - F03 | Furness, Haverton Hill | 5/1938 | 5/8/1940 | 4/1941 | RNVR drill ship Wessex 6/1952 |
| Flamingo | L18 - U18 - F18 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 5/1938 | 18/4/1939 | 12/1939 | to West Germany 1/1959 (Graf Spee) |
| Ibis | U99 | Furness, Haverton Hill | 9/1939 | 28/11/1940 | 8/1941 | sunk 10/11/1942 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1300 |
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Displacement full, t |
1770 - 1945 |
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Length, m |
91.3 |
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Breadth, m |
11.4 |
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Draught, m |
3.33 - 3.56 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. |
4300 |
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Max speed, kn |
19.75 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 403 - 428 |
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Armament |
Flamingo, Ibis: 3 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40) Black Swan: 3 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40), 34 mines, sweeps Erne: 3 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40), sweeps |
| Sensors | presumably type 285 radar, type 123A, 177 sonars |
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Complement |
180 |
Ship project history: Development of Egret class but on 2m longer, more fast and with the changed armament structure: quadruple pompom was installed instead of one of 102mm mount. Besides, first two ships built under 1937 program (Black Swan and Erne), had minesweeping equipment but it was not established on subsequent ships.
Modernizations: 1943, all survived: - 2 x 4 - 12.7/62; + 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT, DC stowage increased up to 110
1944 - 1945, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Naval service: Ibis was sunk by Italian air torpedo at Algeria 10/11/1942.
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