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Lawrence 1932

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Lawrence	L83, U83		Beardmore, Dalmuir, UK		30.7.1919	12.1919	sold 1947

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1210
Displacement full, t	1412
Length, m	69.6
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	3.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Parsons steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	1900
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	oil 153
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	4 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II
Complement	119

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Project history

Dispatch vessel built for Indian Government, purchased by RIM when the war begun and used as patrol sloop.

Modernizations

mid-1930s: - 4 x 1 - 76/40; + 2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II

early 1940s: + 4 DCT, 2 DCR, type 121 or type 124 sonar

1942-1944: - 2 x 1 - 47/40, 2 x 1 - 40/39; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 1 x 4 - 12.7/62

Naval service

No significant events.