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HMS WHIMBREL
built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun,
Yard No 1761
Last Name: TARIQ (1954)
Previous Names: EL MALEK FAROUK (1949)
Propulsion: Steam turbine 3600shp
Launched: Tuesday, 25/08/1942
Built: 1943
Ship Type: Sloop
Ship's Role: Modified Black Swan Class
Tonnage: 1300 disp
Length: 299 feet
Breadth: 37 feet
Draught: 8 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Under Restoration -
Remarks: Sold to Egyptian Navy in 1949.Now for disposal and attempts being made to acquire for preservation in UK.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Photo supplied by John Ward~McQuaid
Last updated: by John Ward~McQuaid from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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