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Title: BRP Jose Rizal Submarine Destroyer
Description: The best Ship in the PN


kingkong - April 30, 2009 04:27 AM (GMT)
:banana: BRP Jose Rizal Anti-Submarine Vessel of the PN

Class and type: Flower class corvette
Displacement: 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 ST)
Length: 205 feet (62.48 m)o/a
Beam: 33 feet (10.06 m)
Draught: 11.5 feet (3.51 m)
Propulsion: single shaft
2 x fire tube Scotch boilers
1 x 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
speed: 16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range: 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement: 85
Sensors and
processing systems: 1 x SW1C or 2C radar
1 x Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar

Armament: 1 x BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun Flower class corvette BL 4inch gun
2 x .50 cal machine gun (twin)
2 x Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin)
2 x Mk.II depth charge throwers
2 x depth charge rails with 40 depth charges Depth Charges Mk.II
originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed




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