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HMS Kilbernie (BEC 1)
ex-PCE-827


PCE-827 was transferred to Great Britain.
PCE-827 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 14 October 1942 as PCE-827 by the Pullman Standard Car Co., Chicago, IL; Launched 2 May 1943; Completed 14 July 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy; Commissioned HMS Kilbernie (BEC 1) 16 July 1943; Laid up in reserve at Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom in June 1945; Returned to U.S. custody 10 December 1946; Struck from the Navy Register in 1947; Sold in 1947 to Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab of Stavanger, Norway, rebuilt as a coastal passanger ship and renamed Haugesund; Sold in 1973 to Libera Navigazione Lauro S.A.S. of Naples, Italy and renamed Sicilia Ponte; Sold in 1982 to Fila Societa per Azioni, Italy and renamed Tucalif; Scrapped in Italy in August 1997.

Specifications: Displacement 640 t; Length 180' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 15k; Complement 100; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, three single 40mm mounts, five single 20mm mounts, two dct, four dcp, two dcp (hh); Propulsion two 1,800bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
PCE-827
Kilbernie 168kb 2 May 1943
Launching		 Richard Sims
HMS Kilbernie (BEC 1)
Kilbernie 516k c. 1943
HMS Kilbernie (BEC 1)
U.S. Navy photo		 Joe Radigan
MV Haugesund
Haugesund 98k Haugesund Lauri Kervinen
Finland
Haugesund 110k Haugesund Lauri Kervinen
Finland
MV Tucalif
Tucalif 49k Tucalif Hugo C. Lütcherath
Bergen, Norway
There is no DANFS history available for PCE-827
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