NS Brukkaros

NS Brukkaros (C13) is a patrol boat of the Namibian Navy. It was commissioned on 27 October 2017. Previously a Haiqing-class submarine chaser of the People's Liberation Army Navy, it was donated by the Chinese government in 2014.

Sister ship NS Daures, NS Brukkaros at background.
History
Namibia
NameBrukkaros
NamesakeBrukkaros Mountain
Recommissioned27 October 2017
HomeportWalvis Bay
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeHaiqing-class patrol boat
Displacement478 tonnes (470 long tons)
Length62.8 m (206 ft 0 in)
Beam7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Draught2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion4 shafts
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Complement71
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

Description

The Haiqing class are a follow-on class of submarine chasers to the preceding Type 037 submarine chasers of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The ship is armed with two 6-tubed anti-submarine mortar launchers. It is also armed with two 37 mm guns.[1] It served in the PLA Navy as the Ledong(hull 748) before being decommissioned on the 3 June 2016 at a Naval port in Chinas Hainan province.

Operational history

The boat was previously a PLA Navy ship. In 2014 the Chinese government offered to donate it to the Namibian Navy.[2] The patrol boat was then refurbished by Poly Technologies[3] 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 9 July 2017.[4] Brukkaros, named after the Brukkaros Mountain in ǁKaras Region,[5] was commissioned on 27 October 2017 by President Hage Geingob.[6] The ship is operationally utilised for general exclusive economic zone management.[3][7]

References
  1. "Two Chinese-Built Naval Vessels Commissioned in Walvis Bay". Namibia Economist. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. "President Hage Geingob commissions two naval ships". nbc.na. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. "Namibia commissions two naval vessels". defenceweb.co.za. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. "Two New Navy Vessels Delivered for Namibia". Namib Times. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. "Two navy patrol vessels commissioned". newera.com. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  6. "President commissions navy patrol vessels". erongo.com.na. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. "Namibian Navy commissions 'sub chasers'". janes.com. 31 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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