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ETHIOPIA / ERITREA
MINE WARFARE SHIPS
MS441 coastal minesweeper (1991)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ex-БТ-228 [BT-228]) | 441, later- 431 | 152 | Avangard, Petrozavodsk, Russia | 14.12.1988 | 30.11.1989 | 12.8.1990 // 1.1991 | interned by Djibouti 1993, seized by Djibouti 16.9.1996, sold |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 401 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 427 |
| Length, m | 49.1 |
| Breadth, m | 8.81 |
| Draught, m | 2.43 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 DRA-210B diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 2000 |
| Max speed, kts | 14 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1500(10) |
| Armament | 1 x 4 Strela-3 SAM (16 9M36), 1 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230M, 1 x 2 - 25/82 2M-3M, 6 mines, GKT-2 mechanical, AT-2 acoustic or PEMT-4 magnetic, AT-2 acoustic or ST-2 magnetic, AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear or IT-3 USV or 2x 200m mine clearance line charges |
| Electronic equipment | Mius, Don-2 or MR-212/201 Vaygach-U radars, MG-89, MG-7 Braslet sonars |
| Complement | 45 |
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MS441 1991
Project history
Soviet coastal minesweeper of export project 1265E.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
: Ship arrived in January 1991, just the civil war broke out, and defected to Yemen shortly thereafter. Eventually she was interned at Djibouti in 1993 and sold commercially by Djiboutian Authorities in 1996.
