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AHMED AL FATEH fast attack craft (missile) (1984-1989)

Ahmed Al Fateh 2000

Abdul Rahman Al Fadel 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
أحمد الفاتح [Ahmed Al Fateh] 20   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany     5.2.1984 in service (2020)
الجابري [Al Jaberi] 21   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany     3.5.1984 in service (2020)
عبدال رحمن الفاضل [Abdul Rahman Al Fadel] 22   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany     10.9.1986 in service (2020)
الطويله [Al Taweelah] 23   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany     25.3.1989 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

228

Displacement full, t

259

Length, m

42.3 pp 44.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.30

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 16V538 TB92 diesels

Power, h. p.

14400

Max speed, kts

40.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 45

Endurance, nm(kts) 1600(16)

Armament

2 x 2 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

20, 21: Decca 1226, 9LV331 (9LV200 radar with e/o system), Sea Giraffe 50HC radars, Panda e/o system, RDL-2 ECM suite, Dagaie decoy RL

22, 23: Decca 1226, 9LV331 (9LV200 radar with e/o system), Sea Giraffe 50HC radars, Panda e/o system, Cutlass B-1, Cygnus ECM suites, Dagaie decoy RL

Complement

32

   

Project history: Lürssen TNC45 type, ordered in 1979 (first pair) and in 1985 (second pair). Can be fitted for minelaying.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Abdul Rahman Al Fadel 2009

© Ivan Gogin, 2020