MODEL SHIP PLAN 1/72 SCALE HMS BUDE MINDSWEEPER FULL SIZE PRINTED PLANS & NOTES

Description

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H.M.S. BUDE
SCALE 1/72
LENGTH 30”
STEAM or Convert to ELECTRIC
RADIO CONTROL
By Kenneth Fell
THEwas designed and deve
l
oped for the role of
fl
e
e
t m
i
nesweeper
.
I
think it would be fair to say they were a high
l
y successful type of vessel and were more affect
i
onate
l
y known as' J sweepers' ow
i
ng to the
ir
iden
ti
ficat
i
on mark
i
ngs
.
Compared with other simi
l
ar sized naval vessels they were good look
i
ng with sleeker lines than the corvette
.
These ships we
r
e bu
i
lt in the B
r
it
i
sh
I
sles and Canada and crewed in s
i
milar
f
ashio
n.
Most medium s
i
zed shipyards around the British coast built at least one
i
n thei
r
quota fo
r
the war effort, wit
h
names
li
ke
Whitehaven, Worthing, Bude
,
Bridl
i
ngton
,
etc
.
HMS Bude
,
b
ui
lt by Lobn
i
tz & Co
L
td
i
n the
i
r ya
r
d at Renf
re
w.
She w
a
s completed on the 12th Decembe
r
19
41. Th
e standard displacement was 672 t
o
ns
, 1
80
f
eet LOA
.
Power was developed
fro
m
2AOOhp triple expansion engines fed by two Admiralty three
-
drum boile
r
s
.
A speed of 16
.
5 knots was the optimum with a range of 4,300
m
iles
.
Her complement was s
i
xty off
i
cers a
n
d
r
at
i
ngs. A
r
mament cons
i
sted of a 3
i
nch gun, twi
n
40mm Bofo
r
s AA guns and depth
c
h
a
rge
s.
The mode
l
was drawn to a scale of one
inc
h
t
o 6 fee
t
(o
r
1/72 if you prefe
r
) and produces a hul
l
of 30 inches
l
ength and 5
~
i
n
c
hes beam
.
A Mamod M
E1 m
arine steam plant was chosen for propul
s
ion as the u
n
it seemed to be of compatible size for the hu
l
l a
n
d I recalled
t
hat oscillating steam engines
,
whi
l
st not developing
'
a great deal of power, certainly produce high
r
evolutio
n
s fo
r
the
i
r size
. T
his litt
l
e unit would need revol
u
t
i
ons to emulate the perfo
r
mance of a tw
i
n screw vesse
l
.
A MacGregor s
i
ng
l
e
c
hannel proptiona
l
rad
i
o was sui
t
able for control
ONE FULL SIZE PRINTED PLAN ON A SHEET 32” x 24”
TWO DIGITAL PAGES  OF BUILDING NOTES
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