KORAAGA auxiliary minesweeper (1974/1989)
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Koraaga (ex-Grozdana A.) |
1185 |
Kall Boatyard, Adelaide |
1974 // 1.2.1989 |
stricken 4.2000 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
|
|
Displacement full, t |
119 |
|
Length, m |
21.9 |
|
Breadth, m |
6.40 |
|
Draught, m |
3.00 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 Caterpillar D346 diesel |
|
Power, h. p. |
470 |
|
Max speed, kts |
10.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
Mini-Dyad magnetic minesweeping gear |
|
Electronic equipment |
Furuno 7040D radar, Klein 590 sonar |
|
Complement |
9 |
Project history: A former tuna boat purchased from Australian Fishing Enterprises and delivered to RAN in 1989. 119–120brt wooden-hulled craft operated to develop tactics and doctrine for mine countermeasures equipment
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Koraaga 2000
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