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TAWFIC minesweeper (1956/1974)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
توفيك [Tawfic] (ex-Ariès) 51, 1982- 659   Penhoët, St-Nazaire, France   13.3.1956 1956 // 28.11.1974 discarded 1986


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

365

Displacement full, t

424

Length, m

42.7 pp 46.4 oa

Breadth, m

8.60

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SEMT-Pielstick diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 48

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, (1 - 2) x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, mechanical, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gear

Electronic equipmentDRBN-31 radar
Complement

38



Project history

Former French Sirius-class minesweeper.

Modernizations

1982: - minesweeping gear

Naval service

No significant events.