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MSL31 minesweeping launches (1966)

Names

MSL31 - 56

Builders

Uniflite, Bellingham: MSL31 - 50

Trumpy Yachts, Annapolis: MSL51 - 56

Commissioned

1966: MSL31 - 56

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1980s?: MSL31 - 56

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

up to 10.4

Length, m

11.0

Breadth, m

3.50

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 non-magnetic diesel

Power, h. p.

160

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 1.3
Endurance, nm(kts) 100 (10)

Armament

mechanical or magnetic or acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

4

Project history: Midget minesweeping launches intended for harbour service, MSL Mk 4. Plastic hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MSL32 1968

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