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Scimitar 1972

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cutlass	P274		Vosper, Portchester			1970	sold 2.1982
Sabre	P275		Vosper, Portchester			1970	sold 1983
Scimitar	P271		Vosper, Portchester			1970	sold 1983

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Cutlass P274   Vosper, Portchester     1970 sold 2.1982 Sabre P275   Vosper, Portchester     1970 sold 1983 Scimitar P271   Vosper, Portchester     1970 sold 1983

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	80
Displacement full, t	102
Length, m	30.5 pp 32.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.10
Draught, m	1.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	CODAG: 2 Rolls-Royce Proteus gas turbines + 2 Foden diesels
Power, h. p.	8500 + 240
Max speed, kts	40
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(11.5)
Armament	none
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	12

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Project history

Slightly smaller editions of the 'Brave' class, ordered in 1968 to serve as targets. The design permits installation of a third Proteus turbine and a light armament of missiles or guns if needed for the operational role, but they proved extremely useful simulating attacks by fast missile craft.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1979 Scimitar was sent to Hong Kong, and in July 1980 Sabre lost her bow in a collision with a breakwater at Alderney. They were placed in storage ashore in 1981.