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Gayret 1951

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Gayret (ex-Oribi, ex-Observer)	D341		Fairfield, Govan, UK	1/1940	14.1.1941	7/1941 // 6.1946	stricken 1965

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1550
Displacement full, t	2430
Length, m	100.2 pp 105.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.7
Draught, m	4.32 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	40000
Max speed, kts	37
Fuel, t	oil 472
Endurance, nm(kts)	3850(20)
Armament	4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XVIII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60 DC)
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	212

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Project history

British destroyer Oribi of O class, transferred to Turkey after war instead of Gayret, lost under British flag as Ithuriel. She was rearmed before transfer (second TT bank was installed instead of 102mm/45 gun, 2 twin Oerlikons were replaced by single).

Modernizations

1950s: - 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 1 x 4 - 40/39, 4 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1

Naval service

No significant events.