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MSB29 minesweeping boat (1954)

MSB29 1968

Names

MSB29

Builders

Trumpy Yachts, Annapolis: MSB29

Commissioned

1954: MSB29

Losses

none

Transfers

Panama, 1993: MSB29 (Punta Mala)

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

80

Length, m

25.0

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Packard 2D850 diesels

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(10)

Armament

mechanical or acoustic or magnetic minesweeping gear

Complement

11

Project history: Large minesweeping boat, prototype of never built class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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