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Kristina Brahe in her civilian state in Savonlinna, 2008.
History
MS BraheUnited Kingdom
NameKilchrenan
BuilderPullman-Standard Car Company, Chicago, Illinois
Laid down24 December 1942
Launched13 June 1943
Commissioned31 August 1943
Stricken1947
Identification
  • IMO number: 5345065
  • MMSI number: 259167000
  • Callsign: LEJP
Fate
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody, December 1946
  • Sold to Norway, 1947
Statusin active service, as of 2010
General characteristics as PCE[1]
Class and typePCE-842-class patrol craft
Displacement640 long tons (650 t)
Length180 ft 6 in (55.02 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 1,800 bhp (1,342 kW) General Motors 12-567A diesel engines
  • Falk single reduction gear
  • 2 shafts
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement100
Armament
  • 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
  • 3 × 40 mm guns
  • 5 × 20 mm guns
  • 2 × Depth charge tracks
  • 4 × Depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars
General characteristics as cruise ship[2]
Tonnage1,105 gross register tons (GRT)
Length56.8 m (186 ft 4 in)
Beam10.08 m (33 ft 1 in)
Draft3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Decks4
Propulsion2 × Caterpillar, 1,275 kW (1,710 hp)
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) cruising
  • 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) maximum
Capacity45 passenger cabins
Crew18

USS PCE-830 was a U.S.-built Patrol Craft Escort (PCE) vessel launched on 13 June 1943 by the Pullman-Standard Car Company of Chicago, Illinois. It was transferred to the Royal Navy and given the name HMS Kilchrenan in August 1943. As of 2020 it operates as the cruise ship MS Sunnhordland in Norway.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference navsource was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Kristina Cruises – M/S Kristina Brahe / Specifications". www.kristinacruises.com. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Home".

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