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, WWI minesweeping sloop had been completed successfully.
HTMS Chow Phraya : Training Ship (ex-HMS Havant : Hunt-class minesweeper (1916) Aberdare group)
Former British minesweeper HMS Havant 1st (1919) of Later Hunt class. In August, 1922 she was transferred to the property of Thornycroft, which in 1923 sold ship to Siamese Navy and renamed Chow Praya. Minesweeping equipment and all Armaments were removed by transfer.
General characteristics
Class & type: Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class
Displacement : 710 tons
Length: 231 ft (70.5 m)
Beam: 28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught: 8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion: Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 hp
Speed: max 16 knots
Range: 140 tons coal
Complement: 73 men
Armament:
1 × QF 4 inch forward
1xQF 12-pounder aft
Hunt class 1916, Aberdare sub-class, full option.
HTMS Chow Phraya 1923, No Armament.
HTMS Chow Phraya 1939, armed with 2xBofors 76/51 Dual-Purpose Naval Guns, 1XBofors 40/60 Anti-aircraft Gun, and 2to4x0.303 Lewis Light Machine Guns
HTMS Chow Phraya (an old teacher)commissioned: 8 May 1923, and decommissioned: 24 August 1971