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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SKALVIS minesweepers (1983/2010-2011)

Skalvis 2010

Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comp

Fate

Skalvis (ex-Cottesmore) M53 1025 Yarrow SB, Scotstoun, UK 27.9.1979 9.2.1982 24.6.1983 // 9.12.2010 in service (2020)
Kuršis (ex-Dulverton) M54 4244 Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 1.6.1981 3.11.1982 4.11.1983 // 20.3.2011 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

625

Displacement full, t

725

Length, m

56.6 pp 60.0 oa

Breadth, m

9.85

Draught, m

2.20 hull 3.40 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar C-32 ACERT diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2x K-Ster USV, TA.6 or MSSA Mk 1 acoustic, M.Mk 11 or MS14 magnetic, M.Mk 8 Oropesa mechanical minesweeping gear, decompression chamber

Electronic equipment

type 1007 radar, type 2193 sonar, M-Cube CCS

Complement

45

Project history: Former RN Hunt-class minehunters. Modernization before transfer included re-motorization, rearming and renovation of electronic equipment.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Kuršis 2013

? Ivan Gogin, 2020