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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SAUDA coastal minesweepers (1953-1955, 1953-1955/1966)

Sauda 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sauda M311   Hodgeson Bros, East Boothbay, USA 1952 4.10.1952 25.8.1953 stricken 1981
Sira M312   Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA 1954 26.10.1954 28.11.1955 stricken 1989
Tana (ex-Roesleare) M313   Hodgeson Bros, East Boothbay, USA 1952 6.12.1952 22.9.1953 // 1.3.1966 stricken 1997
Alta (ex-Arlon) M314   Hodgeson Bros, East Boothbay, USA 1952 31.1.1953 30.10.1953 // 23.5.1966 stricken 1996
Ogna M315   Westermoens BB, Mandal 1953 18.6.1954 5.3.1955 stricken 1979
Vosso M316   Skaaluren SB, Rosendal 1953 16.6.1954 15.3.1955 stricken 1987
Glomma (ex-Bastogne) M317   Hodgeson Bros, East Boothbay, USA 1952 13.7.1953 15.12.1953 // 16.9.1966 stricken 1992
Tista M331   Forende BB, Risør 1953 1.6.1954 27.4.1955 stricken 1994
Kvina M332   Westermoens BB, Mandal 1953 21.7.1954 12.7.1955 stricken 1997
Utla M334   Westermoens BB, Mandal 1954 2.3.1955 15.11.1955 stricken 1990

 

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

Decca RM707 radar, UQS-1 sonar

Complement

39

Project history: US Adjutant class coastal minesweepers. Two were built in USA for Norway, five were built in Norway and three were transferred from Belgium in exchange for Aggressive class ocean minesweepers.

Modernizations: 1970s, all: - 1 x 2 - 20/70, Decca RM707 radar; + 2 x 1 - 20/85 Mk20 Rh202, Decca TM1226 radar

9/1977, Tana as minehunter: - 2 x 1 - 20/85, minesweeping gear, UQS-1 sonar; + 2 PAP104 minehunting USV (Ibis III minehunting system), type 193M sonar

Naval service: No significant events.

Tista 1980

Tana 1977

© Ivan Gogin, 2015