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BIBONG minesweeping boat (1961)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

1 비봉 [Bibong] (ex-MSB2)

Norfolk NYd, Portsmouth, USA: 1

1945 // 12.1961: 1

none

none

1982: 1


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Names

1 비봉 [Bibong] (ex-MSB2)

Builders

Norfolk NYd, Portsmouth, USA: 1

Commissioned

1945 // 12.1961: 1

Losses

none

Transfers

none Discarding 1982: 1


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

42

Length, m

17.5

Breadth, m4.80
Draught, m1.30
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.300
Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, tdiesel oil 15.8
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement6


Standard scale images


<i>Bibong </i>1970
Bibong 1970


Project history

Minesweeping boat of MSB1 class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.