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PAKISTAN NAVY (PAKISTAN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

BARQ coastal minesweepers (1943-1944/1947-1948)

Barq 1947

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
بارق [Barq] (ex-Barq, ex-MMS132)     Brunton & Co, Cochin, India   21.5.1942 1/1944 // 1947 stricken early 1950s
مجاہد [Mujahid] (ex-MMS129)     Brunton & Co, Cochin, India   5.3.1942 5/1943 // 1948 stricken early 1950s
غازی [Ghazi] (ex-MMS131)     Brunton & Co, Cochin, India   7.5.1942 3/1944 // 1948 stricken 1961

 

Displacement standard, t

255

Displacement full, t

295

Length, m

36.4

Breadth, m

7.14

Draught, m

2.67 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

375 - 500

Max speed, kts

10 - 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 24 - 26

Endurance, nm(kts) 2400(9.5)

Armament

(1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62) or 2 x 2 - 12.7/62 or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

20

Project history: Former Indian minesweepers of MMS 105ft class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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