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GLOMMA minesweepers (1940-1941/1946)


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Tana 1953

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Glomma (ex-Bangor) 1950- M309   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 9/1939 23.5.1940 11.1940 // 1946 stricken 12.1961
Tana (ex-Blackpool) 1950- M310   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 9/1939 4.7.1940 2.1941 // 1946 stricken 5.1961


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

590

Displacement full, t

690

Length, m

49.4

Breadth, m

8.53

Draught, m

2.84 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 65

Endurance, nm(kts)5900(10)
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (40 in ASW role), mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipmenttype 286PU radar, type 128 sonar
Complement

60



Standard scale images


<i>Glomma </i>1950
Glomma 1950


Graphics


<i>Tana</i> 1953
Tana 1953


Project history

Former RN Bangor class minesweepers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.