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KIKAU patrol craft (1955-1956/1975-1976)


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Kula 1980

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kikau (ex-Woodpecker) 204   Bellingham SY, USA 6.1954 7.1.1955 3.2.1956 // 10.1975 stricken 7.1990
Kula (ex-Vireo) 205   Bellingham SY, USA 9.1953 30.4.1954 7.6.1955 // 10.1975 stricken 7.1990
Kiro (ex-Warbler) 206   Bellingham SY, USA 10.1953 18.6.1954 23.7.1955 // 6.1976 TS 1986, stricken 5.1995


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t370
Length, m

43.9
Breadth, m

8.50
Draught, m

2.60
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 General Motors 8-268A diesels
Power, h. p.

880
Max speed, kts

13
Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)
Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment

radar
Complement

39


Standard scale images


<i>Kikau </i>1975
Kikau 1975


Graphics


<i>Kula </i>1980
Kula 1980


Project history

Former USN Bluebird-class minesweepers, transferred with all minesweeping gear removed.

Modernizations

late 1970s, Kula, Kiro: + helicopter deck for Bell 222 helicopter

Naval service

No significant events.