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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ORKLA minesweepers

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Orkla (ex-MMS1085) 1950- M313 East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad, UK   22/4/1944 7/1944 research vessel 1957
Vefsna (ex-MMS1086) 1950- M314 East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad, UK   3/8/1944 10/1944 research vessel 1957

 

 

Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

430

Length, m

42.7

Breadth, m

8.51

Draught, m

3.15 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

diesel

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 54

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon or 2 x 2 -20/70 Oerlikon, sweeps

Sensors  

Complement

21

Ship project history: Enlarged variant of 115ft MMS. Wooden hull, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gears.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

RN sister-ship MMS1001 1946

 

 

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