Japanese minelayer Wakataka
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Wakataka (若鷹, Young Hawk)[2] was the third and final vessel in the Hatsutaka-class of medium-sized minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during World War II. She was designed as an improved version of Shirataka netlayer. Due to the critical shortage of patrol ships for convoy escort duties during the Pacific War, she was fitted with depth charge racks and her minelaying rails were removed.
Demilitarized Wakataka in 1947 | |
History | |
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Japan | |
Name | Wakataka |
Ordered | fiscal 1939 |
Builder | Harima Shipyard |
Laid down | November 15, 1940 |
Launched | July 12, 1941 |
Commissioned | November 30, 1941 |
Stricken | July 1, 1946 |
Fate | Prize of war to UK |
Malaysia | |
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Acquired | September 1949 |
Stricken | December 31, 1965 |
Fate | Transferred to Singapore |
Singapore | |
Name | RSS Singapura |
Acquired | January 1, 1966 |
Commissioned | May 5, 1967 |
Decommissioned | Unknown; labelled as "ex RSS Singapura" on 2 December 1967[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap in 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Type | minelayer |
Displacement | 1,608 long tons (1,634 t) standard, 1860 tons normal |
Length |
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Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft geared turbine engine, 3 boilers, 6,000 hp (4,500 kW) |
Speed | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 14 knots (19 km/h) |
Complement | 202 |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Type 22 and 13 radars and Type 93 and/or Type 3 sonar |
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After the surrender of Japan, Wakataka was transferred to the Royal Navy as a prize of war. She was transferred to the Malayan Navy Volunteer Force as HMMS Laburnum and placed in the naval reserve in 1956 before being recommissioned in 1963 as KD Singapura and RSS Singapura in 1967 following Singapore's independence from Malaysia, where she served as a floating headquarters. Singapura was subsequently sold for scrap in December 1967.