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DORINA corvettes (1972)


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Dorina 1976

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Dorina F81   Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK 26.1.1970 16.9.1970 21.7.1972 foundered 16.4.1987, never repaired
Otobo F82   Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK 28.9.1970 25.5.1971 10.11.1972 stricken 4.1987


Technical data


Displacement standard, t500
Displacement full, t

650

Length, m

55.4 pp 61.6 oa

Breadth, m

7.45

Draught, m

3.35

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN V8V24/30B diesels

Power, h. p.

8000

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil 68

Endurance, nm(kts)

3500(14)

Armament

1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipmentDecca TM626, AWS-1, M22 radars, MS22 sonar
Complement

66



Standard scale images


<i>Dorina </i>1980
Dorina 1980


Graphics


<i>Dorina </i>1976
Dorina 1976


Project history

Vosper Thornycroft Mk 3 design, ordered in 1968. WWII-era 102mm gunmount is hand-loaded.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Dorina sank at her moorings 16.4.1987, raised in May and in April 1988 shipped to Italy as deck cargo for refitting as patrol with new machinery and armament consisted of 1 40mm gun, but no work has been done because lack of funds.