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
Struck:	2004
Fate:	Sold to Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Name:	Tsibar
Status:	in active service, as of 2010
General characteristics (in Belgian service)
Class & 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. (subscription required (help)).