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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| WHIMBREL |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1943 |
25/08/1942 |
13/01/1943 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Sloop
| Steel Steam Turbine |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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1761 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 1350 disp |
299 ft |
37 ft |
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8 ft |
| Engine builder |
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
| 2 shaft Parsons Geared turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 4300shp giving 19.75 knots. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Royal Navy |
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| Other names |
| 1949 EL MALEK FAROUQ - 1954 TARIQ |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| Egyptian Navy |
| Vessel history |
Sloop, Modified Black Swan Class - U.29 - F.29
Served in the Atlantic 1943-44, Normandy 1944, English Channel, Arctic and Okinawa 1944-45.
Sold to the Egyptian Navy in 1949.
She was decommissioned in 1989 becoming an accommodation ship. A preservation attempt was launched in 2005 to bring her to Liverpool. This apparently is still ongoing in 2014. |
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Fate / Status |
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| Disposal Detail |
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As Tariq
Image courtesy of : Paul Strathdee collection
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