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HMS Kildary (BEC 5)
ex-PCE-831


PCE-831 served only in the Royal Navy.
PCE-827 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 16 January 1943 as PCE-831 by the Pullman Standard Car Co., Chicago, IL; Launched 26 June 1943; Transferred to Great Britain 14 September 1943 and commissioned HMS Kildary (Z 05); Reclassified BEC-5; Returned to U.S. custody in December 1946; Sold into Merchant service in 1947 and renamed Rio Vouga; Sold in 1979 to a Danish company and renamed Exportrader; Scrapped in 1980.

Specifications:: Displacement 640 t; Length 180' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 15k; Complement 100; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, three twin 40mm mounts, five 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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PCE-831 158k c. 1943. Joe Radigan
PCE-831 79k c. 1943. Joe Radigan
PCE-831 111k c. 1943. Joe Radigan
PCE-831 91k c. 1943. Joe Radigan
PCE-831 70k c. 1943. Joe Radigan
PCE-831 43k 11 September 1943
Conducting sea trials.		 Joe Radigan
There is no DANFS history available for PCE-831
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