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VASILEFS GEORGIOS II submarine chaser (1943/1944)


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Vasilefs Georgios II 1952

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Βασιλεύς Γεώργιος Βʹ [Vasilefs Georgios II] (ex-PC622) P17   Nashville Bridge, USA 5.1942 7.7.1942 3.1943 // 6.1944 discarded 1963


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

414

Displacement full, t

463

Length, m

51.8 wl 52.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.06

Draught, m

3.30 full load

No of shafts2
Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, tdiesel oil 49
Endurance, nm(kts)3000 (12) - 4800 (12)
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

Complement65


Standard scale images


<i>Vasilefs Georgios II</i> 1945
Vasilefs Georgios II 1945


Graphics


<i>Vasilefs Georgios II </i>1952
Vasilefs Georgios II 1952


Project history

Standard USN "173ft" PC class patrol/submarine chaser. She was presented to Greece by USA Government and transferred 12.6.1944.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.