MS441 1991
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| (ex-БТ-228 [BT-228]) | 441, later- 431 | 152 | Avangard, Petrozavodsk, Russia | 14.12.1988 | 30.11.1989 | 12.8.1990 // 1.1991 | interned by Djibouti 1993, seized by Djibouti 16.9.1996, sold |
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Displacement standard, t |
401 |
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Displacement full, t |
427 |
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Length, m |
49.1 |
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Breadth, m |
8.81 |
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Draught, m |
2.43 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 DRA-210B diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1500(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 4 Strela-3 SAM (16 9M36), 1 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230M, 1 x 2 - 25/82 2M-3M, 6 mines, GKT-2 mechanical, AT-2 acoustic or PEMT-4 magnetic, AT-2 acoustic or ST-2 magnetic, AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear or IT-3 USV or 2x 200m mine clearance line charges |
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Electronic equipment |
Mius, Don-2 or MR-212/201 Vaygach-U radars, MG-89, MG-7 Braslet sonars |
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Complement |
45 |
Project history: Soviet coastal minesweeper of export project 1265E.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Ship arrived in January 1991, just the civil war broke out, and defected to Yemen shortly thereafter. Eventually she was interned at Djibouti in 1993 and sold commercially by Djiboutian Authorities in 1996.
© Ivan Gogin, 2019