Name: | KETA |
Type: | Patrol Craft |
Launched: | 18/01/1965 |
Completed: | 18/05/1965 |
Builder: | Vickers Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 177 |
Dimensions: | 440disp - 500disp, 177.0 x 28.5 x 13.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 16cyl, 7110shp |
Engines by: | Bristol Siddeley-Maybach |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 102mm, 1 x 40mm AA guns; 1 x 3 x Squid ASW mortar |
History: | |
18/05/1965 | Republic of Ghana |
1989 | Discarded |
Comments: | Member of the Vosper Mark 1 Class |
1974: Refitted | |
1983: Refitted |
KETA launched 18/01/1965. Photo courtesy of Kevin Scott
KETA on trials 18/04/1965. Photo is copyright of Brian Hargreaves