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MSL1 minesweeping launches (1958)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

MSL1 - 4

Sagstad SY: MSL1 - 4

1958: MSL1 - 4

none

none

1970s?: MSL1 - 4


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Names

MSL1 - 4

Builders Sagstad SY: MSL1 - 4

Commissioned

1958: MSL1 - 4

Losses

none

Transfers

none Discarding 1970s?: MSL1 - 4


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

up to 10.3

Length, m

11.0

Breadth, m3.50
Draught, m1.10
No of shafts1
Machinery

1 gas turbine

Power, h. p.200
Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, tup to 2.5
Endurance, nm(kts)100 (10)
Armament

mechanical or magnetic or acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement4


Project history

Midget minesweeping launches intended for harbour service. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

1967, 2 units were converted to diesel engine (reclassified from MSL Mk 1 to MSL Mk 5).

Naval service

No significant events.