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BEEMSTER coastal minesweepers (1953-1954)


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Borculo 1973

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Beemster M845   Tampa Marine, USA 11/1951 24.9.1952 7.1953 stricken 8.1974
Bolsward M846   Broward Marine, Jacksonville, USA 10/1951 5.11.1952 11.1953 stricken 9.1972
Bedum M847   Tampa Marine, USA 12/1951 29.10.1952 8.1953 stricken 7.1976
Beilen M848   Broward Marine, Jacksonville, USA 10/1951 14.2.1953 4.1954 stricken 8.1975
Borculo M849   Tampa Marine, USA 12/1951 26.11.1952 10.1953 stricken 8.1974
Borne M850   Tampa Marine, USA 1/1952 7.1.1953 12.1953 stricken 8.1975
Brummen M851   Broward Marine, Jacksonville, USA 2/1952 31.12.1952 2.1954 stricken 8.1974
Breukelen M852   Tampa Marine, USA 2/1952 13.3.1953 2.1954 stricken 9.1972
Blaricum M853   Broward Marine, Jacksonville, USA 9/1952 31.10.1953 5.1954 stricken 7.1976
Brielle M854   Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton, USA 12/1952 17.10.1953 12.1953 stricken 8.1975
Breskens M855   G. W. Kneass, San Francisco, USA 4/1952 11.4.1953 4.1954 stricken 7.1976
Bruinisse M856   Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton, USA 1/1952 31.12.1952 1.1954 stricken 9.1972
Boxtel M857   G. W. Kneass, San Francisco, USA 5/1952 12.9.1953 7.1954 stricken 7.1976
Brouwershaven M858   G. W. Kneass, San Francisco, USA 5/1952 19.4.1954 11.1954 stricken 7.1973


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

400

Length, m

42.1 wl 44.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

880

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar

Complement

39



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<i>Borculo</i> 1973
Borculo 1973


Project history

Coastal minesweepers of the Adjutant class were transferred in 1953-1954 under MDAP. They were constructed of wood and non-magnetic alloys.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.