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CHAO PHRAYA sloop (1919/1923)


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Chao Phraya 1924

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
เจ้าพระยา [Chao Phraya] (ex-Havant)     Eltringham, Willington Quay, UK   24.3.1919 1919 // 1923 stricken 8.1971


Technical data


Displacement standard, t680
Displacement full, t840
Length, m

67.0 pp 70.4 oa
Breadth, m

8.70
Draught, m

2.20
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.

2200
Max speed, kts

16
Fuel, t

oil 160
Endurance, nm(kts)1750(15)
Armament

1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II
Complement

65


Standard scale images


<i>Chao Phraya</i> 1939
Chao Phraya 1939


Graphics


<i>Chao Phraya </i>1924
Chao Phraya 1924


Project history

Former British minesweeper Havant of Hunt class. In August, 1922 she was transferred to the property of Thornycroft, which in 1923 sold ship to Siam. Minesweeping equipment was removed by transfer.

Modernizations

1940s: - 1 x 1 - 102/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII

Naval service

Chao Phraya was used as TS.