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Viesturs 2001

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Viesturs (ex-Kamenz)	M01	246	Peenewerft, Wolgast, East Germany			24.7.1971 // 30.8.1993	retired 2007
Imanta (ex-Röbel)	M02	257	Peenewerft, Wolgast, East Germany			1.12.1971 // 30.8.1993	retired 2006

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	437
Displacement full, t	471
Length, m	56.8
Breadth, m	7.72
Draught, m	2.48
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 40DM diesels
Power, h. p.	5000
Max speed, kts	18.4
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(15)
Armament	M01: 1 x 2 - 23/82 Wrobel, SDGR/L, MSG-1S/SP, MSG-2/SP USV, HFG-13, HFG-24, FRG-1 magnetic and AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear M02: 3 x 2 - 23/82 Wrobel, SDGR/L, MSG-1S/SP, MSG-2/SP USV, HFG-13, HFG-24, FRG-1 magnetic and AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	TSR-333 radar, M-69 sonar
Complement	30

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Project history

Former East German minesweepers of project 89.2, lengthened 89.1 to accommodate additional armament and modern minesweeping gear. Transferred without guns and armed by Polish mounts.

Modernizations

2000, Viesturs: + 2 x 1 - 20/90 Mk 20 Rh202

2000, Imanta: - 2 x 2 - 23/82; + 2 x 1 - 20/90 Mk 20 Rh202

Naval service

: No significant events.