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Ford-class seaward defence boat

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They were designed to detect and attack hostile submarines, including midget submarines in inshore waters such as the approaches to large ports. They were powered by diesel engines and were planned to be armed with a single barreled
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being fitted with a normal three-barreled Squid and the remaining vessels with a more conventional anti-submarine armament of
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anti-submarine mortar. This special version of the Squid was a failure however, with the first Ford-class boat, HMS
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and served as the tender to Liverpool University Royal Naval Unit.
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12YHAX 550 hp (410 kW) diesels (outer shafts)
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Index


Carrick Castle
Loch Goil
Royal Navy
South African Navy
Kenya Navy
Royal Ceylon Navy
Nigerian Navy
Republic of Biafra
Biafran Navy
HMS Gifford
Large patrol craft
o/a
p/p
Davey Paxman
knots
Depth charge
Royal Navy
South African Navy
Squid
depth-charge
Bofors 40 mm
Glasgow
Strathclyde
Royal Naval Unit
HMS Shalford
HMS Aberford
Kenyan Navy
HMS Axford
Nigerian Navy

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