NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Niobe	W21, 1.1968- M2661, 1969- Y1643		Kröger-Werft, Schacht-Audorf		8.8.1957	3.1958	mine warfare RC-control boat 1968, stricken 9.1976

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	170
Displacement full, t	171
Length, m	33.8 wl 35.2 oa
Breadth, m	6.80
Draught, m	1.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Mercedes-Benz MB820Db diesels
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	diesel oil 11
Endurance, nm(kts)	800(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, mechanical, acoustic and magnetic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	TRS-N radar
Complement	20

Standard scale images

Project history

 Hansa and Niobe were designed in 1955-56 as coast guard boats of the Types 361 and 360, differed in the propulsion arrangement: Hansa had one shaft, Niobe two.  These wooden boats were the first to use non-magnetic materials. In 1968 they were reclassified as riverine minesweepers Types 392 and 391, their pennant number changing from 'W' to 'M' prefix.

Modernizations 12.

1968: - minesweeping gear; + minesweeping drone control equipment

Naval service

No significant events.