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Slobodni 1966

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Храбри [Hrabri], 1976- Вуков Кланац [Vukov Klanats]	M151		Normand, Le Havre, France			9/1957	captured by Croatia 9.1991 (Vukov Klanac)
Смели [Smeli], 1976- Подгора [Podgora]	M152		Normand, Le Havre, France			9/1957	stricken 2004
Слободни [Slobodni], 1976- Блитвеница [Blitvenitsa]	M153		Normand, Le Havre, France			9/1957	stricken 2004
Снажни [Snazhni], 1976- Градац [Gradats]	M161		Mali Losinj SY			1960	stricken 1993

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	400
Displacement full, t	440
Length, m	42.7 pp 46.4 oa
Breadth, m	8.60
Draught, m	2.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	M151-153: 2 SEMT-Pielstick diesels M161: SIGMA free-piston gas generators, 2 Rateau-Bretagne gas turbines / 1 diesel-generator, 1 electric motor
Power, h. p.	M151-153: 2000 M161: 2000 / 500
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil 48
Endurance, nm(kts)	M151-153: 2000(15) M161: 3000(10)
Armament	1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gear
Electronic equipment	DRBN-30 radar, type 193M sonar
Complement	40

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Project history

First three delivered under designation D25-27 to Yugoslavia under the US Offshore Procurement Scheme. The fourth craft was built with French assistance by Mali Losinj Yard.

Modernizations

1988-1990, all: - type 193M sonar; + 2 PAP-104 minehunting USV, TSM2022 sonar

Naval service

Vukov Klanats was heavily damaged in September 1991 and taken over by the Croatian Navy, but soon after was destroyed by Serbian coastal guns.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016