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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Corvettes

Class:

TRITON Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

F344

BELLONA

01/09/1955

02/02/1957

01/09/1981

F345

DIANA

12/19/1954

07/30/1955

08/30/1974

F346

FLORA

06/25/1955

08/28/1956

??/??/1977

F347

TRITON

09/12/1954

08/10/1955

01/09/1981

Comments to the Class

None

Specifications

Built by:

Different Italian ship yards, see the individual ship

Design:

n/a

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

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The Corvette FLORA engaged in a depth charge attack.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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