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Ripon 1946

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ripon	F106		Pollock, Faversham		15.3.1945	8.1945	BU 2.1959
Roc	F122		Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay		28.3.1945	1945	sold 1959
Walrus, 1953- Skua	F116		Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay		28.5.1945	1945	sold 1962
Blackburn	F113		Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay		4.2.1946	1946	RNVR drill ship 1950, sold 1968
Seafox	F114		Pollock, Faversham		16.5.1946	11.1946	sold 12.1958
Sea Gladiator			Pollock, Faversham		18.12.1948	--- // 9.1949	completed mercantile
Sea Hurricane			Pollock, Faversham		24.9.1949	--- // 2.1950	completed mercantile

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	990
Displacement full, t
Length, m	64.0 or 52.6
Breadth, m	10.7 or 9.10
Draught, m	4.19 or 3.05
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Crossley diesels
Power, h. p.	960
Max speed, kts	10.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 60
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Ripon, Roc, Walrus: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV Blackburn, Seafox: 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk IX, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III
Complement

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Aircraft facilities

There were 6t and 12t derricks to handle seaplanes.

Project history

Ships were intended to seaplanes maintenance.

Modernizations

none.

1/1946: 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk IX, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III

Naval service

no significant events.