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LIBYAN NAVY (LIBYA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

BRAK inshore minesweepers (1954-1955/1963)

Brak 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Harpham, 9.1966- برك [Brak] M2634, 1966- M36   Jones, Buckie, UK   14.9.1954 12.1954 // 1963 discarded 1973
Greetham, 9.1966- زورا [Zuara] M2632, 1966- M34   Herd & McKenzie, Buckie, UK   19.4.1954 2.1955 // 1963 discarded 1973

 

Displacement standard, t

120

Displacement full, t

159

Length, m

30.5 pp 32.5 oa

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

1.67 - 1.75

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Davey Paxman 12YJCM diesels

Power, h. p.

1100

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil 15

Endurance, nm(kts) 2350(9)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, LL mechanical/magnetic/acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

type 978 radar

Complement

20

Project history: Former RN Ham class inshore minesweepers, lent by UK in 1963 to form the nucleus of a Navy of Libya. They were purchased outright and received Libyan names in 1966.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Farwa 1969

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