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Tonnage |
2499 gross register tons |
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Maximum speed |
10 knots |
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Armament |
2 4"/40 Mark
19 guns 1 3"/40 AA gun Depth charge launchers |
The Kedah
was built for the Straits Steamship Company (Blue Funnel Line) in 1927
and operated on the Singapore-Penang express route for the next
twelve years. "The little queen of Malacca Straits" was requisitioned
by the Royal Navy in December 1939, given some rudimentary antisubmarine armament, and
officially redesignated "Armed Auxiliary Patrol Vessel No. FY035." She
patrolled north Borneo from 1940-1941 and was one of the last ships out
of Singapore when the fortress fell. Near misses
from bombs damaged her machinery, she lost power
altogether halfway to Ceylon, and
she had to be towed to Colombo by Dragon.
Thereafter she patrolled the Bay
of Bengal.
References
Kehn (2008)
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