NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Narvik	M651		DCN, Lorient	1990	22.3.1991	---	cancelled 1992

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	890
Displacement full, t	905
Length, m	46.6 pp 52.0 oa
Breadth, m	15.0
Draught, m	3.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 SACM UD 33V12 M4 diesels / 2 electric maneuvering propellers
Power, h. p.	2720 / 340
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/90 MIT-20F2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 PAP-104 Mk 5 UAV, mechanical minesweeping gear, AP-4 acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	DRBN-32 radar, DUBM-42, DUBM-60A sonars
Complement	40

Standard scale images

Project history

Designed by DCN, the BAMO (Bâtiment Anti-Mines Ocèanique) was intended to provide a conventional minesweeping capability in deeper waters, a mission previously performed by the former ocean minesweepers of the US Agile class. A catamaran hull constructed of GRP was selected in order to create the deck space needed for mechanical, magnetic and acoustic (AP-4) sweeps. It was claimed that a catamaran would provide improved seakeeping, stability and manoeuvrability in deepwater minesweeping operations.

Narvik was funded under the 1990-93 programme, but all other protected units were cancelled in 1992 due to budgetary problems.

Other ships of the class, M652 Autun, M653 Bir-Hakeim, M654 Colmar, M655 Garigliano and M656 Berlaimont, were never laid down.