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     M-29  Brecon      

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Country: United Kingdom.
Class, [Type]: Hunt, [MCMV].

Callsign: GUZA ( Golf Uniform Zulu Alfa )

Builder: Vosper Thornycroft, U.K.
Launch date: 1978.
Commission date: 18 December 1979.
Decommission date: 19 July 2005.

Displacement ( tons ): 750 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 60 x 10 x 2,2.
Main machinery: 2 x diesels ( 3550 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 17.
Range ( miles ): 1500 at 12 knots.
Complement: 45 ( 6 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 Oerlikon/BMARC 30mm, 2 x 1 7,62mm.
Countermeasures: Sea Fox Mine Disposal System; MS 14 Magnetic loop; MSSA Acoustic generator; 2 x K8 Oropesa sweeps.

Radar: Navigation: Type 1006.
Sonar: Type 2193.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1995

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