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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ANTICOSTI mine countermeasures trials and training ships (1973/1989)

Anticosti 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Anticosti (ex-Jean Tide, ex-Lady Jean) MSA110   Allied SB, North Vancouver     4.1973 // 7.5.1989 paid off 3.2000
Moresby (ex-Joyce Tide, ex-Lady Joyce) MSA112   Allied SB, North Vancouver     9.1973 // 7.5.1989 paid off 3.2000

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

2462

Length, m

55.7 pp 58.3 oa

Breadth, m

13.1

Draught, m

5.12 (moulded depth)

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Nohab SF16RS diesels

Power, h. p.

4200

Max speed, kts

13.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 313

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Mk 9 mechanical minesweeping gear, BAJ sweep monitor, Algerine team sweep gear

Electronic equipment Decca BT502/9, Decca BT502/6 radars, PINS Towfish sonar

Complement

27

Project history: Commercial offshore supply vessels, purchased in December 1988 for naval reserve training in mine countermeasures and for trials with new equipment.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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