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No15 1972

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
	15		Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany			1943 // 1962-63	sunk 7.1974
			Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany			1943 // 1962-63	sunk 7.1974
			Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany			1943 // 1962-63	sunk 8.8.1964

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	125
Displacement full, t	135
Length, m	36.8 wl 37.8-38.6 oa
Breadth, m	5.82
Draught, m	1.40 normal 1.51 deep load
No of shafts	2 Voith-Schneider
Machinery	2 MWM or MAN diesels
Power, h. p.	1800
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 11.1
Endurance, nm(kts)	900(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, (0 - 2) x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7
Electronic equipment	presumably radar
Complement	30

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Project history

Former German R41 class minesweeping boats, taken up in 1962-63 from mercantile use and rearmed as patrols.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

One was destroyed by Turkish air attack 8.8.1964 at Xeros. Fates of two other ships are unknown, probably they were lost during the Turkish operations of July 1974.