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Gajabahu 1971

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
ගජබාහු [Gajabahu] (ex-מזנק [Misnak], ex-Hallowell)	F228		Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	11.1943	28.3.1944	8.1944 // 1959	for disposal 1978
මහසෙන් [Mahasena] (ex-מבטח [Mivtakh], ex-Orkney)	F232		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	5.1943	18.9.1943	4.1944 // 1959	sold 6.1964

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1460
Displacement full, t	2180
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	3.89 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)	4200(12)
Armament	3 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk 6, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (150)
Electronic equipment	SU radar, type 144 sonar
Complement	140

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Project history

Ex-Canadian frigates sold to mercantile service in 1945-1947, from which the Israeli Navy acquired them. In 1959 both were sold to Sri Lanka.

Modernizations

1965, Gajabahu: was armed with 1 x 1 - 102/45 Mk 20, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7

Naval service

No significant events.