Bulgarian minehunter Tsibar

History

Belgium
Name	Myosotis
Namesake	Myosotis
Builder	Beliard-Murdoch, Ostend
Laid down	6 July 1987
Launched	4 August 1988
Completed	14 December 1989
Stricken	2004
Fate	Sold to Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Name	Tsibar
Identification	MMSI number: 207523000 Callsign: LZBX Hull number: 32
Status	in active service, as of 2010^[update]
General characteristics (in Belgian service)
Class and type	Tripartite-class minehunter
Displacement	536 t (528 long tons) empty 605 t (595 long tons) full load
Length	51.5 m (169 ft)
Beam	8.96 m (29.4 ft)
Height	18.5 m (61 ft)
Draught	3.6 m (12 ft)
Propulsion	1 × 1370 kW Werkspoor RUB 215 V12 diesel engine 2 × 180 kW ACEC active rudders 1 × HOLEC bow propellor
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats 1 × Atlas Elektronik Seafox ROV
Complement	4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors
Sensors and processing systems	1 × Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2022 Mk III Hull Mounted Sonar 1 × SAAB Bofors Double Eagle Mk III Self Propelled Variable Depth Sonar 1 × Consilium Selesmar Type T-250/10CM003 Radar
Armament	3 × 12.7 mm machine guns

Tsibar is a Tripartite-class minehunter of the Bulgarian Navy. The ship was formerly Myosotis (M922) of the Belgian Naval Component. Myosotis' keel was laid on 6 July 1987 at Ostend yard of Beliard-Murdoch. She was launched on 4 August 1988 and completed on 14 December 1989. Myosotis was stricken from the Belgian Naval Component in 2004 and sold to Bulgaria.

References

"Myosotis (6127919)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

Tripartite-class minehunters

Belgian Navy

Aster
Bellis
Crocus
Dianthus
Fuschia
Iris
Lobelia
Narcis
Myosotis
Primula

French Navy
Éridan class

Aigle
Andromède
Capricorne (ex-Dianthus)
Cassiopée
Céphée (ex-Fuchsia)
Croix du sud
Éridan
Lyre
Orion
Pégase
Persée
Sagittaire
Verseau (ex-Iris)

Royal Netherlands Navy
Alkmaar class

Alkmaar
Delfzijl
Dordrecht
Haarlem
Harlingen
Hellevoetsluis
Maasluis
Makkum
Middelburg
Scheveningen
Schiedam
Urk
Vlaardingen
Willemstad
Zierikzee

Other operators
Bulgarian Navy	Mesta (ex-Maasluis) Struma (ex-Hellevoetsluis) Tsibar (ex-Myosotis)
Indonesian Navy Pulau Rengat class	Pulau Rengat Pulau Rupat
Latvian Naval Forces Imanta class	Imanta (ex-Harlingen) Rūsiņš (ex-Alkmaar) Tālivaldis (ex-Dordrecht) Viesturs (ex-Scheveningen) Visvaldis (ex-Delfzijl)
Pakistan Navy Munsif class	Muhafiz Mujahid Munsif (ex-Sagittaire)