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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SÖKAREN inshore minesweeper (2001)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sökaren MRF01   Danyard, Aalborg, Denmark     12.2001 to Denmark 1.2016

 

Displacement standard, t

102

Displacement full, t

125

Length, m

23.9 pp 26.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

2.20

No of shafts

2 Schottel azimutal waterjets

Machinery

2 Saab-Scania DSI-14.74M diesels

Power, h. p.

960

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

420(10)

Armament

Double Eagle USV or minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

nav. radar, STS 2054 sonar, remote control equipment

Complement

3 - 4 // 0

Project history: Ordered for comparative trials with the Swedish SAM-II class. GRP construction. Can be operated by crew as inshore minesweeper or by remote control.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sökaren 2004

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