F-50 class frigate
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Type 001 |
| Builders: | Bluefront Inc. |
| Operators: |
 Kivuian Navy |
| Built: | 1944 - 1951 |
| In service: | 1947 - 1982 |
| Completed: | 8 |
| Scrapped: | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 001 |
| Type: | Gunboat/Frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,740 long tons (1,770 t) |
| Length: | 95.2 m (312 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 12.15 m (39 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 18.5 knots (21.3 mph; 34.3 km/h) |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Armament: | 6× 120 mm (4.7 in) guns |
The The F-50 class frigates, were a class of gunboats/frigates operated by the Kivuian Navy in the mid to late 1900s. They were originally constructed as gunboats in the late 1940s and early 1950s, however, after modernization in the late 1950s they were reclassified as frigates. Most of the ships in this class were decommissioned and stricken in the late 1960s and early 1970s, by 1978 the X was the only active ship left in the class. The X was decommissioned in 1982.
Characteristics
Armament
The ships' main gun armament consisted of six 120-mm (4.7 in) guns in three twin mounts, with one forward and two aft. Eight 37 mm (1.5 in) and six 20 mm (0.8 in) guns comprised the close-in anti-aircraft armament. Some ships in the class were originally armed with two 105 mm (4.1 in) anti-aircraft guns instead of the 120 mm guns before being rearmed with the intended armament. Anti-submarine armament consisted of four depth charge throwers, and up to 30 naval mines could be carried. The ships had a crew of 250.
All eight ships were modernized in the late 1950s as part of a major program of modernizing ships of the Kivuian Navy. They were completely re-armed, with a gun armament of two 127 mm (5 in) 38 calibre dual purpose guns in two single mounts, with a close-in anti-aircraft armament of four 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors L/70 guns. Anti-submarine armament consisted of two racks for anti-submarine torpedoes (eight torpedoes were carried), two Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar batteries, eight depth-charge throwers and two depth-charge racks.
Ships in the Class
| Image | Name | Kivuian | Namesake | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned |
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| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2002 |
| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2003 |
