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GAJABAHU frigates (1944/1959)


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Gajabahu 1971

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ගජබාහු [Gajabahu] (ex-מזנק [Misnak], ex-Hallowell) F228   Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada 11.1943 28.3.1944 8.1944 // 1959 for disposal 1978
මහසෙන් [Mahasena] (ex-מבטח [Mivtakh], ex-Orkney) F232   Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada 5.1943 18.9.1943 4.1944 // 1959 sold 6.1964


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1460

Displacement full, t

2180

Length, m

86.3 pp 91.8 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

3.89 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 646

Endurance, nm(kts)4200(12)
Armament

3 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk 6, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (150)

Electronic equipment

SU radar, type 144 sonar

Complement

140



Standard scale images


<i>Gajabahu </i>1965
Gajabahu 1965


Graphics


<i>Gajabahu </i>1971
Gajabahu 1971


Project history

Ex-Canadian frigates sold to mercantile service in 1945-1947, from which the Israeli Navy acquired them. In 1959 both were sold to Sri Lanka.

Modernizations

1965, Gajabahu: was armed with 1 x 1 - 102/45 Mk 20, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7

Naval service

No significant events.