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LATVIAN NAVY (LATVIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

VIESTURS minesweepers (1971/1993)

Viesturs 1995

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Viesturs (ex-Kamenz) M01 246 Peenewerft, Wolgast, East Germany     24.7.1971 // 30.8.1993 retired 2007
Imanta (ex-Röbel) M02 257 Peenewerft, Wolgast, East Germany     1.12.1971 // 30.8.1993 retired 2006

 

Displacement standard, t

437

Displacement full, t

471

Length, m

56.8

Breadth, m

7.72

Draught, m

2.48

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 40DM diesels

Power, h. p.

5000

Max speed, kts

18.4

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(15)

Armament

M01: 1 x 2 - 23/82 Wrobel, SDGR/L, MSG-1S/SP, MSG-2/SP USV, HFG-13, HFG-24, FRG-1 magnetic and AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear

M02: 3 x 2 - 23/82 Wrobel, SDGR/L, MSG-1S/SP, MSG-2/SP USV, HFG-13, HFG-24, FRG-1 magnetic and AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

TSR-333 radar, M-69 sonar

Complement

30

Project history: Former East German minesweepers of project 89.2, lengthened 89.1 to accommodate additional armament and modern minesweeping gear. Transferred without guns and armed by Polish mounts.

Modernizations: 2000, Viesturs: + 2 x 1 - 20/90 Mk 20 Rh202

2000, Imanta: - 2 x 2 - 23/82; + 2 x 1 - 20/90 Mk 20 Rh202

Naval service: No significant events.

Viesturs 2001

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