BEEMSTER coastal minesweepers (1953-1954)

Beemster 1965

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Beemster	M845		Tampa Marine, USA	11/1951	24.9.1952	7.1953	stricken 8.1974
Bolsward	M846		Broward Marine, Jacksonville, USA	10/1951	5.11.1952	11.1953	stricken 9.1972
Bedum	M847		Tampa Marine, USA	12/1951	29.10.1952	8.1953	stricken 7.1976
Beilen	M848		Broward Marine, Jacksonville, USA	10/1951	14.2.1953	4.1954	stricken 8.1975
Borculo	M849		Tampa Marine, USA	12/1951	26.11.1952	10.1953	stricken 8.1974
Borne	M850		Tampa Marine, USA	1/1952	7.1.1953	12.1953	stricken 8.1975
Brummen	M851		Broward Marine, Jacksonville, USA	2/1952	31.12.1952	2.1954	stricken 8.1974
Breukelen	M852		Tampa Marine, USA	2/1952	13.3.1953	2.1954	stricken 9.1972
Blaricum	M853		Broward Marine, Jacksonville, USA	9/1952	31.10.1953	5.1954	stricken 7.1976
Brielle	M854		Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton, USA	12/1952	17.10.1953	12.1953	stricken 8.1975
Breskens	M855		G. W. Kneass, San Francisco, USA	4/1952	11.4.1953	4.1954	stricken 7.1976
Bruinisse	M856		Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton, USA	1/1952	31.12.1952	1.1954	stricken 9.1972
Boxtel	M857		G. W. Kneass, San Francisco, USA	5/1952	12.9.1953	7.1954	stricken 7.1976
Brouwershaven	M858		G. W. Kneass, San Francisco, USA	5/1952	19.4.1954	11.1954	stricken 7.1973

Displacement standard, t	360
Displacement full, t	400
Length, m	42.1 wl 44.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.10
Draught, m	2.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	880
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(10)
Armament	1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar
Complement	39

Project history: Coastal minesweepers of the Adjutant class were transferred in 1953-1954 under MDAP. They were constructed of wood and non-magnetic alloys.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Borculo 1973

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BEEMSTER coastal minesweepers (1953-1954)