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VP5 1944

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
VP1 (ex-ML1249), 1950- VP750 VP2 (ex-ML1138) VP3 (ex-ML1233), 1950- VP769 VP4 (ex-ML1240) VP5 (ex-ML1166) VP6 (ex-ML1228), 1950- VP768 VP7 (ex-ML1133) VP8 (ex-ML1132), 1950- VP771 VP9 (ex-ML1127), 1950- VP766 VP10 (ex-ML1250), 1950- VP751 VP11 (ex-ML1152), 1950- VP752 VP12 (ex-ML1225), 1950- VP770 VP13 (ex-ML1142), 1950- VP753 VP14 (ex-ML1136), 1950- VP754 VP15 (ex-ML1144), 1950- VP755 VP16 (ex-ML1139), 1950- VP767 VP21 (ex-ML1072), 1950- VP756 VP22 (ex-ML1141), 1950- VP757 VP23 (ex-ML1231), 1950- VP758 VP31 Palmyre (ex-ML1143), 1950- VP759 VP32 Baalbeck (ex-ML1164), 1950- VP760 VP41 Aventure (ex-ML1425), 1950- VP761 VP42 Revanche (ex-ML1457), 1950- VP762 VP71 (ex-ML1377), 1950- VP763 VP72 (ex-ML1370) VP81 (ex-ML1432), 1950- VP765 VP82 (ex-ML1273) VP747 (ex-ML1423) VP748 (ex-ML1223) VP749 (ex-ML1229)	Newman, Hamworthy, UK: VP1, 10, 12 Leo Robinson, Lowestoft, UK: VP2, 16, 41 Anderson, Ridgen & Perkins, Whitstable, UK: VP3, 82 Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: VP4 Walker, Colombo, Ceylon: VP5, 32, 72 Sittingbourne SB, UK: VP6, 21 Thornycroft, Hampton, UK: VP7, 8, 14 Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: VP9 Blackmore, Bideford, UK: VP11, 23, 42, 71 Woods, Potter Heigham, UK: VP13, 15, 31 Bolson, Poole, UK: VP22 Bombay Steam Navigation, India: VP81 Moody, Swanwick Shore, UK: VP747 Sussex SB Co., Shoreham, UK: VP748 McGruer, Clynder, UK: VP749	1941 / 1943: VP21 1942 / 1943: VP1 - 4, 7 - 16, 22, 23, 31, 32 1943 / 1943: VP5, 6 1944 / 1945: VP42 1945 / 1945: VP41 1943 / 1946: VP71, 82 1945 / 1946: VP72, 81 1942 / 1955: VP747, 749 1943 / 1955: VP748	None	Cambodia, 1956: VP762; 1957: VP748, 749 1961, Cameroon: VP768 (ex-VP6) (Patrie du Cameroun)	late 1940s: VP2, 4, 5, 7, 82 1951: VP72 1953: VP769, 770 late 1950s - 1965: VP747, 750 - 767, 771, 775 - 778

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	44 - 46
Displacement full, t	52 - 54
Length, m	22.0
Breadth, m	4.83
Draught, m	1.40 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	VP1, 9 - 13, 15, 16, 21 - 23, 31, 42: 2 Gardner diesels VP2 - 8, 14, 32, 41: 2 Thornycroft diesels
Power, h. p.	VP1, 9 - 13, 15, 16, 21 - 23, 31, 42: 300 VP2 - 8, 14, 32, 41: 260
Max speed, kts	VP1, 9 - 13, 15, 16, 21 - 23, 31, 42: 11.8 VP2 - 8, 14, 32, 41: 11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 7500 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	wartime commission: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC post-war commission: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC
Electronic equipment	commissioned 1943: type 134 sonar commissioned 1943-1955: type 291U radar (some), type 134 sonar
Complement	10

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Project history

British-built HDML-type wooden-hulled motor launches.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.