HMS Odzani
River-class frigate of the Royal Navy
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HMS Odzani (K356) was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Navy.
Odzani in August 1943 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Odzani |
| Builder | Smiths Dock Co., South Bank-on-Tees |
| Laid down | 18 November 1942 |
| Launched | 19 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 2 September 1943 |
| Fate | Scrapped June 1957 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | River-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed | 20 knots (37.0 km/h) |
| Range | 646 long tons (656 t) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement | 140 |
| Armament |
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Construction and design
Odzani was one of three River-class frigates ordered by the British Admiralty on 15 July 1942.[1] She was named after a river in Mashonaland (then part of Southern Rhodesia, now part of Zimbabwe) following the loss of the destroyer Mashona in 1941.[2] The ship was laid down at Smith Dock's Middlesbrough shipyard on 18 November 1942, was launched on 19 May 1943 and completed on 2 September that year.[1]
The River-class ships were 301 feet 4 inches (91.85 m) long overall and 283 feet 0 inches (86.26 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 36 feet 6 inches (11.13 m) and a draught of 11 feet 10 inches (3.61 m). Displacement was 1,397 long tons (1,419 t) standard and 1,925 long tons (1,956 t) deep load.[3]
