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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

Photo Album

Crest

Classification

Type:

Corvette

Class:

TRITON Class

Other Ships
in Class:

F344 BELLONA
F345 DIANA
F347 TRITON

Specifications

Built by:

Cantiere del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso, Italy

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

June 25, 1955

Commissioned:

August 28, 1956

Decommissioned:

1977

Pennant Number:

F346

Int'l Call Sign:

OUEG

Displacement:

Originally 875 tons
after rearmament 1960-62: 894 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

(LOA) 76.10 m
(LWL) 69.60 m

9.60 m

3.11 m

Complement:

108 men (10 officers and 98 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea Ansaldo-FIAT Diesel Engines 4,600 Hp
2 ea Screws

Range:

3,000 nautical miles at 18 knots, 4,570 nautical miles at 16 knots

Armament:

Originally:

2 ea 76 mm Guns Mk M/55 LvSa (2x1)
2 ea 40 mm Guns M/48 LvSa2 (2x1)

From 1960-63:

2 ea 76 mm Guns Mk M/60 LvSa (2x1)
1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa

ASW:

2 ea Hedgehog Depth Charge Mortars
4 ea Depth Charge Mortars, K-Gun Mk. 9 (4x1)
1 ea Depth Charge Launcher

Speed:

20.4 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

June 1961

Fishery Inspection service in the North Sea

May 1964

Visit to the Soviet Union

Fall 1979

Offered for sale by the US Department of Defense Logistic Agency

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

None

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography