Abdiel 1970
Abdiel 1979
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Abdiel | N21 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 23.5.1966 | 27.1.1967 | 17.10.1967 | BU 9.1988 |
Displacement standard, t |
1375 |
Displacement full, t |
1460 |
Length, m |
74.7 pp 80.4 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.7 |
Draught, m |
2.85 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Paxman Ventura 16-YSCM diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2690 |
Max speed, kts |
16 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 44 mines |
Electronic equipment | type 978 radar |
Complement |
98 |
Project history: Designed to lay exercise minefields and to support mine countermeasures forces.
Modernizations: late 1970s: - type 978 radar; + type 1006 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Abdiel 1980
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