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Mayu

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Fal, 1.1948- မူး [Mayu] (ex-Fal)	K266, 1950- F266		Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	5/1942	9.11.1942	7.1943 // 25.5.1947	stricken 9.1979

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1460
Displacement full, t	2170
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	3.70 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 646
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/40 CP Mk XXIII, 6 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 or type 277 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	140

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Project history

RN 'River' class frigate acquired by Burma Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 25.5.1947. She became a flagship of independent Burmese Navy 4.1.1948 and 29.8.1948 was permanently transferred to Burma.

Modernizations

late 1950s: - 1 x 1 - 102/40, 2 x 1 - 40/60, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR, type 144 sonar

Naval service

No significant events.