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
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.

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