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Altair 1949

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
L1 Altair (ex-ML...) L2 Belatrix (ex-ML...) L3 Canopus (ex-ML...) L4 Deneb (ex-ML...) L5 Espiga (ex-ML...) L6 Fomalhaut (ex-ML...)	UK: L1 Altair, L2 Belatrix, L3 Canopus, L4 Deneb, L5 Espiga, L6 Fomalhaut	1942 - 1944 // 1946: L1 Altair, L2 Belatrix, L3 Canopus, L4 Deneb, L5 Espiga, L6 Fomalhaut	None	None	1951: L2 Belatrix 1955: L1 Altair 1959: L3 Canopus, L4 Deneb, L5 Espiga, L6 Fomalhaut

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	75.5
Displacement full, t	85.6
Length, m	34.8
Breadth, m	5.59
Draught, m	1.45 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Hall-Scott petrol engines
Power, h. p.	1200
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	petrol 10500 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT (6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines
Electronic equipment	type 291U or type 293 radar, type 134 sonar
Complement	16

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Project history

Fairmile B type motor launches, purchased from Royal Navy. 

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In early 1950s all survived launches were converted to rescue duty.

1949