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MSL1 minesweeping launches (1958)

Names

MSL1 - 4

Builders

Sagstad SY: MSL1 - 4

Commissioned

1958: MSL1 - 4

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding 1970s?: MSL1 - 4

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

up to 10.3

Length, m

11.0

Breadth, m

3.50

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 gas turbine

Power, h. p.

200

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

up to 2.5
Endurance, nm(kts) 100 (10)

Armament

mechanical or magnetic or acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

4

Project history: Midget minesweeping launches intended for harbour service. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: 1967, 2 units were converted to diesel engine (reclassified from MSL Mk 1 to MSL Mk 5).

Naval service: No significant events.

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