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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

EJURA coastal minesweeper (1956/1964)

Ejura 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate

Ejura (ex-Aldington)

M16

 

Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK

1954

15.9.1955

1956 // 1964

discarded 1979

 

Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

425

Length, m

42.7 pp 46.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.80

Draught, m

2.50 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Napier Deltic diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 45

Endurance, nm(kts) 3000(8)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 9, LL mechanical/magnetic/acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

type 978 radar

Complement

27

Project history: Former British 'Ton' class coastal minesweeper.

Modernizations: None.

 

Naval service: No significant events.

Ejura 1969

 

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