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Protector 1937

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Protector	1948- A146	1672	Yarrow, Scotstoun	8.1935	20.8.1936	12.1936	BU 1970

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2820
Displacement full, t	3610
Length, m	103.0
Breadth, m	16.2
Draught, m	4.19 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	9000
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 707
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, nets
Complement	190

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Project history

Faster version of Guardian. 102mm gun was single-purpose.

Modernizations

circa 1945: - 1 x 1 - 102/45; + 1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 7 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, radar

1955: - nets; + 2 helicopters (Whirlwind).

Naval service

Protector was damaged by airborne torpedo 11.8.1941 and commissioned again only in 1945. She was used as Antarctic patrol ship in 1955 - 1968.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.