NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Guadalete (ex-Dynamic)	M41, 9.1980- PVZ41, late 1981- M41		Colberg, Stockton, USA	10.1951	17.12.1952	12.1953 // 1.7.1971	patrol 1980, minesweeper 1981, stricken 7.1998
Guadalmedina (ex-Pivot)	M42		Wilmington BW, USA	3.1952	9.1.1954	7.1954 // 1.7.1971	stricken 4.2000
Guadalquivir (ex-Persistent)	M43		Martinac, Tacoma, USA	6.1954	23.4.1955	2.1956 // 1.7.1971	stricken 10.2000
Guadiana (ex-Vigor)	M44		Burger Boat, Manitowoc, USA	6.1952	23.6.1953	11.1954 // 4.4.1972	stricken 1999

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	637
Displacement full, t	735
Length, m	50.3 wl 52.3 oa
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	4.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 Packard ID-1700 diesels
Power, h. p.	2280
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2400(12)
Armament	M41 - 43: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, A Mk 2, A Mk 4, A Mk 6 acoustic, M Mk 5, M Mk 6, M Mk 7 magnetic and Oropesa No.1 mechanical minesweeping gear M44: 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, A Mk 2, A Mk 4, A Mk 6 acoustic, M Mk 5, M Mk 6, M Mk 7 magnetic and Oropesa No.1 mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	RM1226, TM626 radars, SQQ-14 sonar
Complement	70

Standard scale images

Project history

USN Aggressive class ocean minesweepers.

Modernizations 9.

1980, Guadalete: - minesweeping equipment

late 1981, Guadalete: + minesweeping equipment

1989, all: + ability to use Pluto USV (2 submersibles were purchased).

Naval service

No significant events.

? Ivan Gogin, 2017