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SWATH 1 explosive ordnance disposal boat (1998)

Names

40MC9601 Swath 1

Builders

Swath Ocean Systems, National City: 40MC9601

Commissioned

5/1998: 40MC9601

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

stricken 2010s: 40MC9601

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

12.2

Breadth, m

5.49

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 CAT C-9-503 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

none

Electronic equipment radar, Klein 5500, SM2000 sonars

Complement

6

Project history: Can be land-transported and also carried within a C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft. Aluminium construction, has been equipped with a davit to handle a Deep Ocean Engineering Phantom HD 2+2 remotely operated, high-definition sonar submersible used for identifying bottomed objects.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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