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COTE D'IVOIRE NAVY (COTE D'IVOIRE)

COASTAL FORCES

L'ARDENT fast attack craft (missile) (1978)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
L'Ardent     Auroux, Arcachon, France 15.4.1977 21.7.1978 6.10.1978 decommissioned 2003
L'Intrépide     Auroux, Arcachon, France 7.7.1977 21.7.1978 6.10.1978 nonoperational 1999

 

Displacement standard, t

125

Displacement full, t

148

Length, m

38.5 pp 40.7 oa

Breadth, m

5.90

Draught, m

1.55

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 AGO 195 V12CZ SHR diesels

Power, h. p.

5000

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1750(10)

Armament

2 x 3 SS-12M SSM (6 SS-12M), 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment

Decca 1226 radar

Complement

19

Project history: Modified French Patra class.

Modernizations: mid-1980s, both: - 2 x 3 SS-12M SSM

Naval service: No significant events.

1994

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