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UNITED KINGDOM
MINE WARFARE SHIPS
KIWI trawlers (1941)
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Tui 1946
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiwi (RNZN) | T102 - P102 | Robb, Leith | 3/1940 | 7.7.1941 | 10.1941 | sold to BU 9.1963 | |
| Moa (RNZN) | T233 | Robb, Leith | 3/1940 | 15.5.1941 | 12.1941 | sunk 7.4.1943 | |
| Tui (RNZN) | T234 - P33 | Robb, Leith | 3/1940 | 26.8.1941 | 12.1941 | survey vessel 1955 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 600 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 825 |
| Length, m | 47.6 pp |
| Breadth, m | 9.22 |
| Draught, m | 3.51 deep load |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
| Power, h. p. | 1000 |
| Max speed, kts | 14 |
| Fuel, t | oil 220 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 102/44 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40), mechanical minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | type 122 sonar |
| Complement | 35 |
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Tui 1946
Project history
ASW patrol trawlers. Differed from the majority of other British trawlers by not coal, but oil-firing boilers. Were sometimes classified as corvettes.
Modernizations
1940s, all survived: + type 271 or type 290 radar
Naval service
Moa was sunk by Japanese aircraft. Survived ships were reclassified as escorts after war.
