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NAVY OF NICARAGUA (NICARAGUA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

BM501 inshore minesweepers (1984-1986)

BM501 1990

Names

BM501

BM503

BM508

BM510

Builders

Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy, USSR: BM501, 503, 508, 510

Commissioned

1984: BM501, 503

1986: BM508, 510

Losses

BM503 (hurricane 10.1989)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1998: BM501

2002: BM508, 510

 

Displacement standard, t

88

Displacement full, t

97

Length, m

26.1

Breadth, m

5.40

Draught, m

1.38

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 3D12 diesels

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

350(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 25/112 2M-3M, 1 x 7 - 55 MRG-1 GL, 2 DCR (12), IT-1 Neva-1 USV or MT-3U or OPT-1 mechanical or SEMT-1 magnetic or AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

Kivach radar, MG-7 Braslet sonar

Complement

10

Project history: Soviet export project 1258E inshore minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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