Feature 7 |Mine CounterMeasures Vessels
and twin disc gearboxes. 5000 sidescan sonar and a 23mm gun in place of the
Finning (UK) will be responsible for the supply and MSI DS 30B 30mm gun in her sister ships. WT
integration of the engines (two per ship), associated
gearboxes, mounting raft and local operating panels.
Equipment deliveries are expected in January 2010, New shield for German
with sea trials and contract completion in the third minehunters
quarter of 2010.
Thales will also be fitting its own new hull-mounted the German navy has ordered two ‘soft
Sonar 2193 system to the vessels and they are expected kill’ systems for its mine countermeasures
to enter service with the Lithuanian Navy by 2011. vessels. Naval Spyglass said the Multi
ammunition softkill system (Mass) from
Third minehunter
rheinmetall Defence has been ordered for
a Kulmbach (MJ333) class minehunter and
for Estonia
an ensdorf (Hl352) class minesweeper. the
systems will be delivered in June to meet an
Estonia has received another Sandown class minehunter, urgent operational requirement with uniFil
the former HMS Bridport. She was renamed EML operations off the coast of lebanon.
Ugandi on 26 January and joins two sister ships, EML This is the first time mine countermeasures
Admiral Cowan (formerly HMS Sandown) and Sakala vessels have been equipped with the Mass
(formerly HMS Inverness). integrated sensor suite, which includes the
All three ships have Sonar 2093 sonar, Nautis 3 sMe 100 electronic support measures system
combat management system and Seafox disposable (which will replace the ship’s radar warners),
mine neutralisation systems. the nlWs laser warner and the MsP 500
However, EML Ugandi is also equipped with Klein electro-optic sensor.
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