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GUARDIAN netlayer (1933)


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Guardian 1933

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Guardian     Chatham DYd 10.1931 1.9.1932 6.1933 BU 1962


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

2860
Displacement full, t3665
Length, m

103.0
Breadth, m

16.2
Draught, m

4.22 deep load
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.

6500
Max speed, kts

18
Fuel, t

oil 734
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, nets
Complement181


Standard scale images


<i>Guardian</i> 1932
Guardian 1932


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<i>Guardian</i> 1933
Guardian 1933


Project history

First British purpose-built offensive netlayer.

Modernizations

1941 - 1944: - 2 x 1 - 102/45; + 1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 14 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, radar

Naval service

No significant events.