VIDAR coastal minelayers (1977-1978)
Vidar 2000
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Vidar | N52 | Mjellem & Karlsen, Bergen | 1.3.1976 | 18.3.1977 | 21.10.1977 | to Lithuania 4.2006 (Jotvingis) | |
| Vale | N53 | Mjellem & Karlsen, Bergen | 1.2.1976 | 5.8.1977 | 10.2.1978 | to Latvia 1.2003 (Virsaitis) |
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Displacement standard, t |
1500 |
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Displacement full, t |
1722 |
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Length, m |
60.0 pp 64.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.00 hull |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Wichmann 7AX diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
4200 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 247 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 DCR, 320 mines |
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Electronic equipment |
2x Decca TM1226 radars, 2x TVT-300 e/o directors, SQ3D sonar |
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Complement |
50 |
Project history: Multirole ships, can be used as minelayers, torpedo recovery vessels, personnel and cargo transports, fisheries protection ships and ASW escorts.
Modernizations: late 1990s, both: - 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 DCR; + 1 x 2 Simbad SAM (~4 Mistral)
Naval service: No significant events.
Vale 1979
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