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Tista 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Sauda	M311		Hodgeson Bros, East Boothbay, USA	1952	4.10.1952	25.8.1953	stricken 1981
Sira	M312		Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA	1954	26.10.1954	28.11.1955	stricken 1989
Tana (ex-Roesleare)	M313		Hodgeson Bros, East Boothbay, USA	1952	6.12.1952	22.9.1953 // 1.3.1966	stricken 1997
Alta (ex-Arlon)	M314		Hodgeson Bros, East Boothbay, USA	1952	31.1.1953	30.10.1953 // 23.5.1966	stricken 1996
Ogna	M315		Westermoens BB, Mandal	1953	18.6.1954	5.3.1955	stricken 1979
Vosso	M316		Skaaluren SB, Rosendal	1953	16.6.1954	15.3.1955	stricken 1987
Glomma (ex-Bastogne)	M317		Hodgeson Bros, East Boothbay, USA	1952	13.7.1953	15.12.1953 // 16.9.1966	stricken 1992
Tista	M331		Forende BB, Risør	1953	1.6.1954	27.4.1955	stricken 1994
Kvina	M332		Westermoens BB, Mandal	1953	21.7.1954	12.7.1955	stricken 1997
Utla	M334		Westermoens BB, Mandal	1954	2.3.1955	15.11.1955	stricken 1990

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	360
Displacement full, t	400
Length, m	42.1 wl 44.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.10
Draught, m	2.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	880
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(10)
Armament	1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	Decca RM707 radar, UQS-1 sonar
Complement	39

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Project history

US Adjutant class coastal minesweepers. Two were built in USA for Norway, five were built in Norway and three were transferred from Belgium in exchange for Aggressive class ocean minesweepers.

Modernizations

1970s, all: - 1 x 2 - 20/70, Decca RM707 radar; + 2 x 1 - 20/85 Mk20 Rh202, Decca TM1226 radar

9/1977, Tana as minehunter: - 2 x 1 - 20/85, minesweeping gear, UQS-1 sonar; + 2 PAP104 minehunting USV (Ibis III minehunting system), type 193M sonar

Naval service

No significant events.