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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
MINE WARFARE SHIPS
Bay inshore minesweepers (1986-1987/-)
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(ex-Rushcutter) |
Carrington Slipways, Tomago, Australia |
31.5.1984 |
8.5.1986 |
1.11.1986 // --- |
never commissioned |
||
(ex-Shoalwater) |
|
Carrington Slipways, Tomago, Australia |
17.9.1985 |
26.6.1987 |
10.10.1987 // --- |
never commissioned |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 100 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 170 |
| Length, m | 28.0 wl 31.0 oa |
| Breadth, m | 9.00 |
| Draught, m | 1.90 |
| No of shafts | 2 Schottel azimuthal pods |
| Machinery | 2 SACM-Poyaud 520-V8-S2 diesel-pumps, 2 hydraulic motors |
| Power, h. p. | 340 |
| Max speed, kts | 10 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1200(10) |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2x PAP-104 USV, Mini-Dyad magnetic minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | type 1006 radar, MWS-80-5 (DSQS-11M) sonar |
| Complement | 13 |
Project history
Former Australian catamaran-hulled inshore minesweepers of Bay-class, purchased in 2004 but never commissioned by Navy.
