Vosper Ltd have launched Kromantse, and sister ship is in building by Vickers-Armstrongs; design is capable of modification and can embrace up to 45 tons of armanent and twin or triple screw propulsion; hull has partially raised deck forward of amidships, raked stem, flat, transom stern, and trims about 1 ft by stern; length oa 177 ft, breadth molded 28 ft 6 in., draft aft about 10 ft, displacement 435 tons; 2 16-cyl Bristol Siddeley diesel engines each with continuous rating of 2860 bhp at 1770 rpm turn twin shafts through reduction gearings for sea speed of 17 knots.
Corvettes for Ghanaian navy
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 102 , n 16
1963
Article (Journal)
English
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