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MSB29 minesweeping boat (1954)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

MSB29

Trumpy Yachts, Annapolis: MSB29

1954: MSB29

none

Panama, 1993: MSB29 (Punta Mala)

none



100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Names

MSB29

Builders

Trumpy Yachts, Annapolis: MSB29

Commissioned

1954: MSB29

Losses

none

Transfers

Panama, 1993: MSB29 (Punta Mala)

Discarding

none


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

80

Length, m

25.0

Breadth, m5.80
Draught, m1.70
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 Packard 2D850 diesels

Power, h. p.600
Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)1500(10)
Armament

mechanical or acoustic or magnetic minesweeping gear

Complement11


Standard scale images


<i>MSB29 </i>1968
MSB29 1968


Project history

Large minesweeping boat, prototype of never built class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.