EGRET sloops (3, 1938

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EGRET sloops (3, 1938 - 1939)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Auckland (ex-Heron)	L61 - U61	1317	Denny, Dumbarton	6/1937	30.6.1938	11.1938	sunk 24.6.1941
Egret	L75 - U75	1835	White, Cowes	7/1937	31.5.1938	11.1938	sunk 27.8.1943
Pelican	L86 - U86, 1948- F86	1177	Thornycroft, Woolston	9/1937	12.9.1938	3.1939	BU 11.1958

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	19.25
Displacement standard, t	1250
Displacement full, t	1790
Length, m	89.2
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	3.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	3600
Fuel, t	oil 370
Endurance, nm(kts)	6200(15)
Armament	4 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 х 4 - 12.7/62, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15)
Electronic equipment	type 127 sonar
Complement	188

Standard scale images

Egret 1943

Project history

On half-knot more faster variant of Bittern class with additional fourth twin 102mm DP mount, designed for 1936 and 1937 Programmes.

Modernizations

autumn 1939, all: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; DC stowage increased up to 40

1941, Egret: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk II, 1 x 4 - 12.7/62, type 285, type 286 radars

1941, Pelican: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 4 - 12.7/62, type 286 radar

1942, Egret: - 1 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 271 radar

1942, Pelican: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

1943, Egret: - type 127 sonar; + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 144 sonar

1943, Pelican: - type 286 radar; + type 271, type 291 radars

2/1944, Pelican: - 1 x 2 - 102/45, 1 x 4 - 12.7/62, type 127 sonar; + 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR, DC stowage increased up to 120, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Pelican: 3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (120), type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar

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