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BROLGA auxiliary minesweeper (1978/1988)
Photo
Brolga 1997
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brolga (ex-Lumen) |
1102 |
Australian SB Industries, Fremantle |
12/1978 // 2.2.1988 |
stricken late 2003 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 268 |
| Length, m | 26.4 pp 28.4 oa |
| Breadth, m | 8.62 |
| Draught, m | 3.10 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 Mirrlees-Blackstone ESL 8 Mk 2 diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 1080 |
| Max speed, kts | 11 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | Mini-Dyad magnetic minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | 2x nav. radars, Klein 590 sonar |
| Complement | 8 |
Graphics
Brolga 1997
Project history
Former steel-hulled government lighthouse maintenance vessel at Brisbane, laid up in 1987 and transferred to RAN in 1988 for use in mine countermeasures trials.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
