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Saturday, 25 May 2019

Burmese motor minesweeper MMS 197 1946-1957


A former British MMS-type which was handed over by the United Kingdom at Rangoon in October 1946 and decommissioned in 1957. Her sister ship the MMS 201 was in 1956 stricken. Displacement 163-255 (full load) tons and as dimensions 105 (between perpendiculars)-119 (over all) x 23 x 9½ feet, The diesel machinery supplied 500bhp allowing a speed of 10 knots. Her crew numbered 20 men. The armament consisted of 12-2cm anti aircraft guns and 2 machineguns.