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SALAM AL DEEN river minesweepers (1980)

Names

سلام الدين [Salam Al Deen]

3 other units

Builders

Brodotehika, Beograd, Yugoslavia: Salam Al Deen, 3 other units

Commissioned

1980: Salam Al Deen, 3 other units

Losses

1 unit (1/1991)

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1990s: 3 units

 

Displacement standard, t

61

Displacement full, t

78

Length, m

26.9

Breadth, m

6.50

Draught, m

1.08

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Torpedo B-539 RM/2 diesels

Power, h. p.

520

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 864(11)

Armament

1 x 4 Strela-2M SAM (4 9K32M), 1 x 4 - 20/70 M-75, 2 x 1 - 20/70 M-71, 24 R-1 or 12 KMD-2-500 mines, PEAM magnetic/acoustic, AEZ1 explosive, MDL1, MDL2 mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

Decca RM-1216 radar

Complement

17

Project history: Yugoslav-built inshore/river minesweepers of 'Nestin' class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: One boat was sunk by allied aircraft in January-February 1991.

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