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YUGOSLAVIAN NAVY (YUGOSLAVIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

HRABRI coastal minesweepers (1957-1960)

Hrabri 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Храбри [Hrabri], 1976- Вуков Кланац [Vukov Klanats] M151   Normand, Le Havre, France     9/1957 captured by Croatia 9.1991 (Vukov Klanac)
Смели [Smeli], 1976- Подгора [Podgora] M152   Normand, Le Havre, France     9/1957 stricken 2004
Слободни [Slobodni], 1976- Блитвеница [Blitvenitsa] M153   Normand, Le Havre, France     9/1957 stricken 2004
Снажни [Snazhni], 1976- Градац [Gradats] M161   Mali Losinj SY     1960 stricken 1993

 

Displacement standard, t

400

Displacement full, t

440

Length, m

42.7 pp 46.4 oa

Breadth, m

8.60

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

M151-153: 2 SEMT-Pielstick diesels

M161: SIGMA free-piston gas generators, 2 Rateau-Bretagne gas turbines / 1 diesel-generator, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

M151-153: 2000

M161: 2000 / 500

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 48

Endurance, nm(kts)

M151-153: 2000(15)

M161: 3000(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gear

Electronic equipment DRBN-30 radar, type 193M sonar

Complement

40

Project history: First three delivered under designation D25-27 to Yugoslavia under the US Offshore Procurement Scheme. The fourth craft was built with French assistance by Mali Losinj Yard.

Modernizations: 1988-1990, all: - type 193M sonar; + 2 PAP-104 minehunting USV, TSM2022 sonar

Naval service: Vukov Klanats was heavily damaged in September 1991 and taken over by the Croatian Navy, but soon after was destroyed by Serbian coastal guns.

Slobodni 1966

© Ivan Gogin, 2016