History | |
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Australia | |
Ordered | 19 May 1942 |
Builder | Norman Wright, Sydney |
Commissioned | 19 April 1944 |
Fate | Sank in November 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fairmile B class motor launch |
Displacement | 85 tons |
Length | 112 ft (34 m) |
Beam | 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m) |
Draught | 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) |
Propulsion | Twin petrol engines totaling 1,200 bhp |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 16 |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
Armament | 1 × 3-lb Mk I gun 1 × twin 0.303-in Machineguns 12 depth charges |
Armour | Wheelhouse plated |
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