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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

MRF1 drone minesweepers (1991 - 1996)

Names

MRD1-6

Builders

Danyard, Aalborg:MRD1-6

Commissioned

1991: MRD1, 2

1995: MRD3, 4

1996: MRD5, 6

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2009: MRD1, 2, 5, 6

2010: MRD3, 4

Displacement standard, t

32

Displacement full, t

38

Length, m

16.9 wl 18.2 oa

Breadth, m

4.75

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2 azimutal waterjets

Machinery

2 General Motors Detroit Diesel diesel

Power, h. p.

350

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

Mini-Dyad magnetic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment Furuno radar, TSM2054 sonar

Complement

4 / 0

Project history: Drone minesweepers. Intended to operate two per one Standard 300 multipurpose combatant. GRP foam-core hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MRD4 2002

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