Mercure 1965
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Mercure | M765, 12.1980- P765 | CMN, Cherbourg | 1.1955 | 21.12.1957 | 12.1958 | stricken 4.1991 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
365 |
|
Displacement full, t |
400 |
|
Length, m |
44.4 |
|
Breadth, m |
8.30 |
|
Draught, m |
4.00 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Mercedes-Benz diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
4000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 48 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(15) |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gears |
|
Electronic equipment |
DRBN-32 radar |
|
Complement |
48 |
Project history: Known as DBI, Mercure was to have been the first of a new class of French coastal minesweeper based on the ex-American MSCs of the Acacia class. She was ordered from CMN, Cherbourg, under MDAP.
The hull was of laminated wood assembled or glued under heavy pressure, with anti-magnetic longitudinal metal bonding. The navigation bridge was of light alloy. All propulsion and generating machinery was flexibly mounted for shock resistance, and during sweep operations the ship's engines could be operated from a small cabin just beneath the upper deck.
Modernizations: 1980, as patrol: diesels were replaced by MGO2500 (2500hp, 6200(10)nm); - minesweeping gear
Naval service: Since 1981 Mercure served on fishery protection off the Atlantic Coast.
Mercure 1968
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