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Phosamton 2002

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
ย้นหฟทะนื [Phosamton] (ex-Minstrel)	1, 1992- 415, 2002- 611		Redfern, Toronto, Canada	6/1944	5.10.1944	6.1945 // 4.1947	TS 1984, stricken 2017

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1040
Displacement full, t	1335
Length, m	68.6
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	3.28 deep load (3.99 by screws)
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	oil 235
Endurance, nm(kts)	10000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk III, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk VII, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 (some) radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	138

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Project history

Former British Algerine class fleet minesweeper.

Modernizations

1966: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 DCT

1984: new armament and sensors consisted of 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, Raytheon 1500B Pathfinder radar

Naval service

No significant events.