Whimbrel U-29

Later names
 
El Malek Farouq 555
Nov. 1949
Tarik 555
1954

Type:
Sloop
Class:
Modified Black Swan
Builder:
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd
Scotstoun, Scotland
Pennant Number:
U-29 (UK)
555 (Egypt)
Ordered:
April 13, 1940
Launched:
August 25, 1942
Keel Laid:
October 31, 1941
Commissioned:
January 13, 1943
   
Fate:
Laid up at Alexandria, Egypt awaiting possible transfer to Liverpool, England as a memorial.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:

299' 6"

Engines:

2 Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines

Beam:

38' 6"

Boilers:

2 Admiralty three drum type (oil fired)

Draft:

12' 6" (max)

Shafts:

2

Displacement:

1,475 std. / 1,925 full

SHP:

4,300

Speed:

19.5 knots / 18.5 knots full

Crew:

192

Range:

5,500 NM @ 10 knots



History:
Nov. 1949:
Sold to Egypt and renamed El Malek Farouq.
1954:
Renamed Tarik.
2002:
Laid up at Alexandria, Egypt as an accommodations ship awaiting disposal.


Notes:
A project headed by Vice Admiral Michael Gretton, CB, CVO, MA, FNI is currently
underway to save the Ex-Whimbrel and return her to Liverpool, England as a
memorial.


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