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ROYAL THAI NAVY (THAILAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

BANGRACHAN minehunters/minesweepers (1987)

Bangrachan 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
บางระจัน [Bangrachan] 2, 1992- 631   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany 1986 1/1987 29.4.1987 in service (2019)
หนองสาหร่าย [Nongsarai] 3, 1992- 632   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany 1986 3/1987 17.11.1987 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

390

Displacement full, t

445

Length, m

45.7 pp 49.1 oa

Breadth, m

9.30

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2 with active rudders

Machinery

2 MTU 12V396 TB83 diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 3100(12)

Armament

3 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, mines, 2 Pluto USV, SDG31 mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment Decca 1229 radar, DSQS-11H sonar
Complement 40

Project history: Lürssen M48 design, ordered in 1984 and 1985. They have wooden hull with non-magnetic metal framing and superstructure. Carry 30 mine disposal charges for Plutos. MWS-80R mine-countermeasure system.

Modernizations: late 2010s, both: - Decca 1229 radar; + 2x KAE8600 radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Nongsarai 2005

© Ivan Gogin, 2019