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NARVIK ocean mine countermeasures ships


Ships


Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comp

Fate

Narvik M651   DCN, Lorient 1990 22.3.1991 --- cancelled 1992


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

890

Displacement full, t

905

Length, m

46.6 pp 52.0 oa

Breadth, m

15.0

Draught, m

3.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SACM UD 33V12 M4 diesels / 2 electric maneuvering propellers

Power, h. p.

2720 / 340

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)5000(10)
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/90 MIT-20F2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 PAP-104 Mk 5 UAV, mechanical minesweeping gear, AP-4 acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

DRBN-32 radar, DUBM-42, DUBM-60A sonars

Complement

40



Standard scale images


<i>Narvik</i>
Narvik


Project history

Designed by DCN, the BAMO (Bâtiment Anti-Mines Ocèanique) was intended to provide a conventional minesweeping capability in deeper waters, a mission previously performed by the former ocean minesweepers of the US Agile class. A catamaran hull constructed of GRP was selected in order to create the deck space needed for mechanical, magnetic and acoustic (AP-4) sweeps. It was claimed that a catamaran would provide improved seakeeping, stability and manoeuvrability in deepwater minesweeping operations.

Narvik was funded under the 1990-93 programme, but all other protected units were cancelled in 1992 due to budgetary problems.

Other ships of the class, M652 Autun, M653 Bir-Hakeim, M654 Colmar, M655 Garigliano and M656 Berlaimont, were never laid down.