NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
UW12	W51		A C Dubigeon, Nantes, France		1954	1955 // 3.1957	to Tunisia 6.1970 (سكيت سدي يوسف [Sakiet Sidi Youssef])
(ex-PC1616)	-		A C Dubigeon, Nantes, France	12.1953	30.9.1954	8.1955 // ---	never commissioned, to Ethiopia 1.1957 (ቢል ደረሠ [Belay Deress])

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	325
Displacement full, t	400
Length, m	53.1
Breadth, m	7.30
Draught, m	3.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 SEMT-Pielstick diesels
Power, h. p.	3240
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(12)
Armament	2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	Decca radar, DUBA-2 sonar
Complement	62

Standard scale images

Project history Originally ordered by the USA as a part of a NATO order in France, where a whole series of this type was built.

Originally ordered by the USA as a part of a NATO order in France, where a whole series of this type was built. Belonging to the La Fougueux class she was commissioned in 1955 by the USN together with a sister ship and was given the pennant number P1618. Taken over by Germany in 1957, she was commissioned as Type 179 and was used as training boat for the underwater weapons school.

The second boat, P1616, was not taken over by the navy, but went to Ethiopia under MDAP.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

UW12 served under Coast Guard flag.