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KONG HAAKON VII patrol craft (1942/1942)


Ships


No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Kong Haakon VII (ex-PC467)     Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 10.1941 29.4.1942 6.1942 // 9.1942 stricken 8.1957


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

280
Displacement full, t

330
Length, m

51.8 wl 52.9 oa
Breadth, m

7.06
Draught, m

2.36 full load
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 diesels
Power, h. p.

2880
Max speed, kts

21
Fuel, tdiesel oil 49
Endurance, nm(kts)3000 (12) - 4800 (12)
Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 3 х 1 - 12.7/90, 2 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment

QHA sonar
Complement59


Standard scale images


<i>Kong Haakon VII</i> 1943
Kong Haakon VII 1943


Project history

American PC-class submarine chaser, transferred by Roosevelt as a gift to Norwegian King Haakon.

Modernizations

1943 - 1944: - 1 x 1 - 76/50, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT, SF or SO or SU radar

Naval service

No significant events.