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ADMIRAL COWAN minehunters (1989-1993/2007-2009)


Ships


Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comp

Fate

Admiral Cowan (ex-Sandown)

M313

  Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 2.2.1987 18.4.1988 9.6.1989 // 26.4.2007 in service (2020)
Sakala (ex-Inverness) M314   Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 11.5.1989 27.2.1990 5.3.1991 // 24.1.2008 in service (2020)
Ugandi (ex-Bridport) M315   Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 1.6.1991 30.7.1992 7.11.1993 // 22.1.2009 in service (2020)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t450
Displacement full, t

484

Length, m

50.0 pp 52.5 oa

Breadth, m

10.5 max 9.00 wl

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2 Voith-Schneider

Machinery

2 Paxman Valenta 6RPA 200-EM 1500 diesels

Power, h. p.

2024

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)2600(11)
Armament

1 x 2 - 23/82 Sako, 1 Sea Fox mine disposal USV, mine-clearance divers

Electronic equipment

type 1007 radar, type 2093 sonar, 2x Barricade decoy RL, NAUTIS-M CCS

Complement

34



Standard scale images


<i>Admiral Cowan </i>2010
Admiral Cowan 2010


Project history

Former RN Sandown-class minehunters, rearmed before recommission.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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