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LIN FU escort destroyer (1940/1948)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 靈甫 [Lin Fu] (ex-Mendip) | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 8/1940 | 9.4.1940 | 10.1940 // 19.5.1948 | returned to United Kingdom 27.5.1949 (Mendip) |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 1000 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 1450 |
| Length, m | 80.5 pp 85.3 oa |
| Breadth, m | 8.84 |
| Draught, m | 3.81 deep load |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 19000 |
| Max speed, kts | 28 |
| Fuel, t | oil 240 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(20) |
| Armament | 2 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XIX, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (50) |
| Electronic equipment | type 285, type 286 radars, type 128 sonar |
| Complement | 147 |
Standard scale images
Lin Fu 1948
Project history
Former British Hunt class (batch 1) escort destroyer, transferred to China for 8 years but returned to RN at Hong Kong due to Nationalist collapse on mainland.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Later Mendip was transferred to Egypt.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015
