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KORAAGA auxiliary minesweeper (1974/1989)
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Koraaga 2000
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koraaga (ex-Grozdana A.) |
1185 |
Kall Boatyard, Adelaide |
1974 // 1.2.1989 |
stricken 4.2000 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 119 |
| Length, m | 21.9 |
| Breadth, m | 6.40 |
| Draught, m | 3.00 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 Caterpillar D346 diesel |
| Power, h. p. | 470 |
| Max speed, kts | 10.5 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | Mini-Dyad magnetic minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | Furuno 7040D radar, Klein 590 sonar |
| Complement | 9 |
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Koraaga 2000
Project history
A former tuna boat purchased from Australian Fishing Enterprises and delivered to RAN in 1989. 119–120brt wooden-hulled craft operated to develop tactics and doctrine for mine countermeasures equipment
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
