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LATVIAN NAVY (LATVIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

IMANTA minehunters (1983-1984/2006-2011)

Imanta 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Imanta (ex-Harlingen) M04 M854 Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands 30.11.1981 9.7.1983 12.4.1984 // 18.12.2006 in service (2020)
Viesturs (ex-Scheveningen) M05 M855 Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands 24.5.1982 2.12.1983 18.7.1984 // 5.9.2007 in service (2020)
Tālivaldis (ex-Dordrecht) M06 M852 Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands 5.1.1981 26.2.1983 16.11.1983 // 4.4.2008 in service (2020)
Visvaldis (ex-Defzijl) M07 M851 Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands 29.5.1980 29.10.1982 17.8.1983 // 24.10.2008 in service (2020)
Rūsiņš (ex-Alkmaar) M08 M850 Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands 30.1.1979 18.5.1982 28.5.1983 // 8.2011 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

510

Displacement normal, t

595

Length, m

47.1 pp 51.5 oa

Breadth, m

8.90

Draught, m

2.47 hull 3.80 max

No of shafts

1 + 2 Schottel active rudders

Machinery

1 Werkspoor-Wärtsilä A-RUB215 V12 diesel

Power, h. p.

1900 + 240

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/90 20F-2, 2x PAP-104 Mk 5 USV, OD-3 mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

MM950 radar, DUBM-21B sonar

Complement

34 - 42

Project history: Former Dutch Alkmaar-class minehunters.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Viesturs 2014

© Ivan Gogin, 2020