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
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