Narvik
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Narvik | M651 | DCN, Lorient | 1990 | 22.3.1991 | --- | cancelled 1992 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
890 |
|
Displacement full, t |
905 |
|
Length, m |
46.6 pp 52.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
15.0 |
|
Draught, m |
3.60 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 SACM UD 33V12 M4 diesels / 2 electric maneuvering propellers |
|
Power, h. p. |
2720 / 340 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 20/90 MIT-20F2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 PAP-104 Mk 5 UAV, mechanical minesweeping gear, AP-4 acoustic minesweeping gear |
|
Electronic equipment |
DRBN-32 radar, DUBM-42, DUBM-60A sonars |
|
Complement |
40 |
Project history: Designed by DCN, the BAMO (Bâtiment Anti-Mines Ocèanique) was intended to provide a conventional minesweeping capability in deeper waters, a mission previously performed by the former ocean minesweepers of the US Agile class. A catamaran hull constructed of GRP was selected in order to create the deck space needed for mechanical, magnetic and acoustic (AP-4) sweeps. It was claimed that a catamaran would provide improved seakeeping, stability and manoeuvrability in deepwater minesweeping operations.
Narvik was funded under the 1990-93 programme, but all other protected units were cancelled in 1992 due to budgetary problems.
Other ships of the class, M652 Autun, M653 Bir-Hakeim, M654 Colmar, M655 Garigliano and M656 Berlaimont, were never laid down.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016