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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Farnella	H135	572	Clelands SB, Willington Quay		2.12.1971	4.1972 // 4.1982	returned 10.1982

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1469brt
Displacement full, t
Length, m	70.2 pp
Breadth, m	12.7
Draught, m	8.14
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Mirrlees Blackstone diesels
Power, h. p.	2782
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Mk 8 Oropesa, Mk 9 Kite Otter mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	nav. radar
Complement

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Project history

In spring 1982 five large stern trawlers were requisitioned by Admiralty for Falklands service as part of 11th Mine Countermeasures Squadron. They swept two Argentine minefields during a conflict.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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