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History of the P641 |
| Builder | Societe Anonyme des Amiens Chantiers Dubigeon, France | |
| Owner | US navy as PC1610 | |
| Construction started | 1953 | |
| Launch date | May 31, 1954 | |
| Commissioned | July 21, 1955 as P641 | |
| Decommissioned | July, 1975 | |
| Specs: | ||
| Length | 173' - 53 m | |
| Beam | 23' - 6.5 m | |
| Draft | 10' 10" - 3 m | |
| Displacement | 402 ton | |
| Fuel | 70 ton | |
| Water | 15 ton | |
| Max Speed | 18.7 knots - 40 km/h
original, now 30 km/h |
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| Crew | 63 | |
| Armament | 2x 40 mm Bofors anti aircraft gun.
Both currently mounted |
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| 2x 20 mm Oerlikon anti
aircraft gun. We are trying to obtain 2x Oerlikon 20mm |
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| 1x Hedgehog rocket
launcher MK 15 on the bow. Currently removed |
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| 2x Depth charge rack
on stern. Currently removed but there are plans to rebuild |
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| 4x Depth charge
launchers ( K-guns). Currently removed but plan to rebuild |
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| Propulsion | 4x 14 cylinder SEMT Pielstick diesel
engines 900
bhp@1200 each . Two removed in 1974 |
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| Aux power | 2x 6 cylinder GM 671 driving a 115 VDC
generator at 70 kW each 1x 2 cylinder Deutz 912 15 kVA 380 Volts |
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| Construction | 6 mm steel, keel
section 8 mm. Engine foundation 10 mm Superstruction all aluminium except mast and foundation for 40 mm Bofors |
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| Faith
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Sold for scrapping 1977 to Rotterdam The Netherlands. Two main engines removed and anchor gear. In 1978 the boy's scouts of Haarlem bought the ship as a replacement for there ww2 wooden minesweeper Putten. In 1984 able to run main engines and until 2001 50 voyages on the North Sea under taken. In 2001 again replaced and sold to Le Fougueux foundation for restoration. |
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