NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
MMS97			Brunton & Co, Cochin		6.1941	3/1946	sold 11.1946
MMS98			Brunton & Co, Cochin		7.1941	3/1946	sold 11.1946
MMS129			Brunton & Co, Cochin		5.3.1942	5/1943	to Pakistan 1948 (Mujahid)
MMS130			Brunton & Co, Cochin		5.3.1942	6/1943	sold 1954
MMS131			Brunton & Co, Cochin		7.5.1942	3/1944	to Pakistan 1948 (Ghazi)
MMS132, 1944- Barq			Brunton & Co, Cochin		21.5.1942	1/1944	to Pakistan 1947 (Barq)
MMS145			Colombo Port Commissioners, Ceylon		28.9.1943	4.1945	sold 1946
MMS148			H. Stone, Mandapan, Burma		1.1942	11.1946	stricken 11.1946
MMS151			Brunton & Co, Cochin		12.1941	12.1945	sold 11.1949
MMS154			H. Stone, Coconada		12.1941	1.1946	DY craft 1960

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	255
Displacement full, t	295
Length, m	36.4
Breadth, m	7.14
Draught, m	2.67 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 diesel
Power, h. p.	375 - 500
Max speed, kts	10 - 11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 24 - 26
Endurance, nm(kts)	2400(9.5)
Armament	(1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62) or 2 x 2 - 12.7/62 or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear 1946: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Complement	20

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Project history

Very successful design of wooden coastal minesweeper able to sweep magnetic and acoustic mines.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.