TYR coastal minelayers (1942-1944/1959-1962)
Gor 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Tyr (ex-Sustain) | N47 | American SB, Cleveland, USA | 11.1941 | 23.6.1942 | 11.1942 // 10.1959 | stricken 1975 | |
| Gor (ex-Strive) | N48 | American SB, Cleveland, USA | 11.1941 | 16.5.1942 | 10.1942 // 10.1959 | stricken 1975 | |
| Brage (ex-Triumph) | N49 | Associated, Seattle, USA | 10.1942 | 25.2.1943 | 2.1944 // 2.1961 | TS 1.1978 | |
| Uller (ex-Seer) | N50 | American SB, Lorain, USA | 11.1941 | 23.5.1942 | 10.1942 // 12.1962 | stricken 1978 |
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Displacement standard, t |
890 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1250 |
|
Length, m |
65.5 wl 67.4 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.80 |
|
Draught, m |
3.40 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
|
Power, h. p. |
2070 |
|
Max speed, kts |
16 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 200 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
N47-49: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 3 DCT, 80 mines N50: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 6 - 375 Terne III ASWRL, 3 DCT, 80 mines |
|
Electronic equipment |
N47-49: radar, QCU sonar N50: radar, Terne III sonar |
|
Complement |
83 |
Project history: Ex-USN Auk class ocean minesweepers, converted to coastal minelayers and transferred under MDAP.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Brage 1972
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