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SOUTH YEMEN NAVY (SOUTH YEMEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

JIBLA inshore minesweepers (1956/1967-1968)

Jibla 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
أل سقر [Al Saqr] (ex-Bodenham), 1975- جبلا [Jibla]     Brooke, Lowestoft, UK   21.8.1952 9.1953 // 3.1968 deleted 1984
أل ديرك [Al Dairak] (ex-Blunham), 1975- سكترا [Socotra]     Brooke, Lowestoft, UK   12.6.1952 6.1953 // 10.1967 deleted 1984
أل قزلا [Al Ghazala] (ex-Elsenham), 1975- زنقهر [Zingahar]     Ailsa, Troon, UK   25.5.1955 1.1956 // 10.1967 deleted 1984

 

Displacement standard, t

120

Displacement full, t

159

Length, m

2701-2739: 30.5 pp 32.5 oa

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

1.75

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Davey Paxman diesels

Power, h. p.

1100

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil 15

Endurance, nm(kts) 2350(9)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, LL magnetic/acoustic/mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

type 978 radar

Complement

15

Project history: Former RN Ham class inshore minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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