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ETHIOPIAN NAVY (ETHIOPIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

(ex-MT-301) ocean minesweeper (1991)

1991

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
(ex-MT-301)   874 Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy, Russia     10/1991 interned by Djibouti 1993, seized by Djibouti 16.9.1996, BU

 

Displacement standard, t

750

Displacement full, t

804

Length, m

61.0

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 M-503B-37 diesels

Power, h. p.

5000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(12)

Armament

2 x 1 Igla-1 SAM (20 9M313), 2 x 6 - 30/54 AK-306, 2 x 2 - 25/112 2M-3M, 2 x 5 RBU-1200M Uragan ASWRL, 2 DCR (32) or 8 UDE mines, GKT mechanical, TEM-3 magnetic, AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear, ShZ-1 or ShZ-2 mine clearance line charges

Electronic equipment

MR-212 Vaygach radar, MG-69 Lan', MG-79 Mezen' or MG-89 sonars

Complement

69

Project history: Soviet ocean minesweeper of export project 266ME.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Ship arrived in October 1991, just the civil war broke out, and defected to Yemen shortly thereafter. Eventually she was interned at Djibouti in 1993 and sold for disposal by Djiboutian Authorities in 1996.

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