HMS Mendip L-60

Later names
 
Lin Fu
May 1948
Mohamed Ali el Kebir
Nov. 15, 1949
Ibrahim el Awal
1951
Haifa K-38
1956


Type:
Destroyer
Class:
Hunt (Type 1)
Builder:
Swan, Hunter &
Wigham Richardson Ltd
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Pennant Number:
L-60 (UK)
S-26 (Egypt)
K-38 (Israel)
Ordered:
April 11, 1939
Launched:
April 9, 1940
Keel Laid:
August 10, 1939
Commissioned:
October 12, 1940
Fate:
Sunk as target in 1968.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
280'
Engines:
2 Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines
Beam:
29'
Boilers:
2 Admiralty 3 drum type (oil fired)
Draft:
10' 9" (max)
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
1,000 std. / 1,340 full
SHP:
19,000
Speed:
27.5 knots / 26 knots full
Crew:
146
Range:
1,000 NM @ 26 knots / 3,500 NM @ 15 knots


History
May 1948:
Transferred to China and renamed Lin Fu.
June 1949:
Repossessed by the Royal Navy and renamed Mendip.
Nov. 15, 1949:
Sold to Egypt and renamed Mohamed Ali el Kebir.
1951:
Renamed Ibrahim el Awal.
Oct. 31, 1956:
Captured by Israel during the Suez-Sinai War.
1956:
Refit and renamed Haifa K-38.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 10, 2007