NAVYPEDIA

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Lindisfarne 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Jersey	P295	971	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	1975	18.3.1976	15.10.1976	to Bangladesh 1.1994 (শহীদ রুহুল আমিন [Shaheed Ruhul Amin])
Guernsey	P297	974	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	14.5.1976	17.2.1977	28.10.1977	to Bangladesh 1.2004 (তুরাগ [Turag])
Shetland	P298	973	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	1975	22.11.1976	14.7.1977	to Bangladesh 10.2002 (কপাতাখায় [Kapatakhaya])
Orkney	P299	972	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	1975	29.6.1976	25.2.1977	to Trinidad and Tobago 10.2000 (Nelson)
Lindisfarne	P300	975	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	1976	1.6.1977	26.1.1978	to Bangladesh 1.2004 (সাঙ্গু [Sangu])
Anglesey	P277	983	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	6.2.1978	18.10.1978	1.6.1979	to Bangladesh 7.2003 (গোমতী [Gomati])
Alderney	P278	984	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	11.6.1978	27.2.1979	6.10.1979	to Bangladesh 7.2002 (করাটা [Karatoa])

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	998
Displacement full, t	1280
Length, m	52.0 pp 61.1 oa
Breadth, m	11.0
Draught, m	4.27
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 Ruston 12-RK 3 CM diesels
Power, h. p.	5640
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 310
Endurance, nm(kts)	11000(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment	type 1006 radar, SU 'Sidescan' sonar, UAN(1) Orange Crop ECM suite, DEA-1 CCS
Complement	35

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Project history

To patrol fishing grounds and oilfields in the new 200-mile EEZ, the RN ordered five modified trawler-type vessels in February 1975. They were based on the Scottish Department of Fisheries' Westra and Jura, giving time for studies for a more capable design. Although much criticised for their low speed and weak armament they proved so successful that two more were ordered in October 1977, equipped with stabilisers but otherwise identical. The philosophy was quite simple: sea-keeping and endurance were the most important attributes, and weaponry was almost irrelevant. They were fitted to replenish at sea from naval oilers and had a sophisticated computer-aided navigation system (CANE).

Modernizations

early 1990s, Orkney, Anglesey, Alderney: + 1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01

mid-1990s, all: - 1 x 1 - 40/60; + 1 x 1 - 30/75 DES-30B

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.