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SKALVIS minesweepers (1983/2010-2011)
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skalvis (ex-Cottesmore) | M53 | 1025 | Yarrow SB, Scotstoun, UK | 27.9.1979 | 9.2.1982 | 24.6.1983 // 9.12.2010 | in service (2020) |
| Kuršis (ex-Dulverton) | M54 | 4244 | Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, UK | 1.6.1981 | 3.11.1982 | 4.11.1983 // 20.3.2011 | in service (2020) |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 625 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 725 |
| Length, m | 56.6 pp 60.0 oa |
| Breadth, m | 9.85 |
| Draught, m | 2.20 hull 3.40 max |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 Caterpillar C-32 ACERT diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 2000 |
| Max speed, kts | 15 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1500(12) |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2x K-Ster USV, TA.6 or MSSA Mk 1 acoustic, M.Mk 11 or MS14 magnetic, M.Mk 8 Oropesa mechanical minesweeping gear, decompression chamber |
| Electronic equipment | type 1007 radar, type 2193 sonar, M-Cube CCS |
| Complement | 45 |
Standard scale images
Skalvis 2010
Project history
Former RN Hunt-class minehunters. Modernization before transfer included re-motorization, rearming and renovation of electronic equipment.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
? Ivan Gogin, 2020
