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DJEBEL AURES coastal minesweepers (1943/1962)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
جبل أورس [Djebel Aures] (ex-تر [Tor], ex-BYMS2175, ex-BYMS175, ex-YMS175)     Henry C. Grebe & Co, Chicago, USA 6/1942 9.1.1943 6.1943 // 1962 wrecked 4.1963
سدي فرج [Sidi Fradj] (ex-دار فور [Darfur], ex-BYMS2041, ex-BYMS41)     Barbour Boat Works, New Bern, USA 10.1942 15.6.1943 10.1943 // 1962 discarded 1971


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

215

Displacement full, tcirca 250
Length, m41.5
Breadth, m7.47
Draught, m2.36 deep load
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.800
Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic sweeping gear

Electronic equipmentSO or SU radar
Complement60


Standard scale images


<i>Djebel Aures </i>1962
Djebel Aures 1962


Project history

Former USN YMS class minesweepers, transferred from Egypt.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.