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M-5558 Crotone

M-5558 Crotone

Country: Italy Italy

Class, [Type]: Gaeta, [MHC].

Builder: Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy.

Launch date: 11 April 1992.

Commission date: 11 June 1994.

Draw

Displacement ( tons ): 620 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 50 x 9,9 x 2,6

Main machinery: 1 x Fincantieri GMT BL230.8M diesel ( 1.985 hp ) navigation, 3 x Isotta Fraschini ID 36 SS 6V diesels ( 506 hp ) minehunting.

Speed ( knots ): 14; 6 while searching.

Range ( miles ): 1.500 at 14 knots.

Complement: 47 ( 4 officers ) including 7 divers.

Guns: 1 x Oerlikon 20mm/70.

Radar: Navigation: SMA SPN 728(V)3, I band.

Sonar: FIAR SQQ 14(IT) VDS.

Countermeasures: Minehunting: 1 x MIN 77, 1 x Pluto; Minesweeper: Oropesa Mk4.

Callsign: IHMC (IndiaHotelMikeCharlie)

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