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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

AL GAFFA diving tender (1987)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
الجافا [Al Gaffa] D1051   Cresitalia, Ameglia, Italy     7/1987 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

100

Length, m

31.4

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2 waterjets

Machinery

2 MTU 12V396 TB93 diesels

Power, h. p.

3950

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

430(18)

Armament

decompression chamber

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

6 + 6 divers

Project history: Crestitalia MV100 design, modified Alcide Pedretti class. Used mostly for mine clearance.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Al Gaffa 1997

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