NS Brukkaros (C13)

History
Namibia
Name: Brukkaros
Namesake: Brukkaros
Operator: Namibian Navy
Recommissioned: 27 October 2017
Homeport: Walvis Bay
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Haiqing
Displacement: 478 tonnes (470 long tons)
Length: 62.8 m (206 ft 0 in)
Beam: 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Draught: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 4 × Chinese PR 230ZC diesel engines @ 4,000 hp (2,983 kW) with 4 shafts
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range: 1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 2 Rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Crew: 71, 8 Officers & 63 Ratings
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × Type 723 surface search radar
  • Chinese copy of French Thomson-Sintra medium frequency SS-12 VDS sonar
Armament:
  • 2 × 37 mm gun (2 × 1)
  • 2 × Type 69 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (2 × 2)
  • 2 × Type 87 6-tubed ASW mortar

NS Brukkaros (C13) is patrol boat of the Namibian Navy. It was commissioned in 27 October 2017 into the Navy[1].

Description

The Haiqing class, is a follow-on class of submarine chasers to the preceding Type 037-class of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The ship is armed with two 6-tubed anti-submarine mortar launchers.Its also armed with two 37 manual guns.[2]

Operational history

The boat was previously a PLA Navy ship. In 2014 the Chinese government offered to donate it to the Namibian Navy[3][4]. The boat was then refurbished by Poly Technologies[5]. After which Namibian crews went to China for training on the ship. The ship was then shipped to Namibia on the deck of the cargo ship Da Qing and arrived in Namibia on the 09 July 2017[6]. The ship is operationally utilised for general EEZ patrol[7][8]

Commanding Officers

Namesake

The ship is named after Brukkaros Mountain in ǁKaras Region[9].

References

  1. ↑ http://www.erongo.com.na/news/president-commissions-navy-patrol-vessels-2017-11-03
  2. ↑ https://economist.com.na/30035/wheels-wings/two-chinese-built-naval-vessels-commissioned-in-walvis-bay/
  3. ↑ http://www.nbc.na/new-ships
  4. ↑ https://www.namibian.com.na/171062/archive-read/President-commissions-submarines
  5. ↑ http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49787&catid=74&Itemid=30
  6. ↑ http://namibtimes.net/two-new-navy-vessels-delivered-for-namibia/
  7. ↑ http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49787&catid=74&Itemid=30
  8. ↑ http://www.janes.com/article/75328/namibian-navy-commissions-sub-chasers
  9. ↑ https://www.newera.com.na/2017/10/30/two-navy-patrol-vessels-commissioned/
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