NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bafra (ex-Nipigon)	P121		Dufferin, Toronto, Canada	7.1940	1.10.1940	11.1941 // 11.1957	deleted 1972
Beykoz (ex-Blairmore)	P122		Port Arthur, Canada	2.1942	14.5.1942	11.1942 // 3.1958	deleted 1971
Beylerbeyi (ex-Mahone)	P123		North Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada	8.1940	14.11.1940	9.1941 // 3.1958	deleted 1972
Biga (ex-Medicine Hat)	P124		Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1.1941	25.6.1941	12.1941 // 3.1958	sold 1963
Bodrum (ex-Fort William)	P125		Port Arthur, Canada	8.1941	30.12.1941	8.1942 // 11.1957	sold 1971
Bornova (ex-Westmount)	P126		Dufferin, Toronto, Canada	10.1941	14.3.1942	9.1942 // 3.1958	sold 1972
Bozcaada (ex-Swift Current)	P127		Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	10.1940	29.5.1941	11.1941 // 3.1958	sold 1972
Büyükdere (ex-Sarnia)	P128		Dufferin, Toronto, Canada	9.1941	21.1.1942	8.1942 // 3.1958	sold 1972
Bandırma (ex-Kenora)	P129		Port Arthur, Canada	8.1941	20.12.1941	8.1942 // 11.1957	sold 1972
Bartın (ex-Kentville)	P130		Port Arthur, Canada	12.1941	17.4.1942	10.1942 // 11.1957	deleted 1972

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	656 - 688
Displacement full, t	825 - 875
Length, m	54.9
Breadth, m	8.69
Draught, m	2.97 - 3.12 deep load (3.56 - 3.73 by screws)
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 150
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40 DC in ASW role), mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	type 291U radar, type 128 sonar
Complement	60 - 87

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Project history

Former RCN Bangor class fleet minesweepers, rerated as coastal escorts in 1953 and transferred to Turkey.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.