No 260 1965
Names |
34 boats (No 260 and so on) 1991, 5 boats were returned to service as: 701 ثر، ذر [Thar] 703 نور [Nur] 713 نسر [Nisr] 719 نمر [Nimr] أل بهر [Al Bahr] |
Builders |
USSR: 34 boats |
Commissioned |
1949-1956 // 4.1956: 12 boats 1949-1960 // 1960: 6 boats 1949-1960 // 1962: 6 boats 1949-1960 // 1970: 12 boats |
Losses |
1 boat (4.11.1956), 1 boat (4.11.1956), 1 boat (12.7.1967), 1 boat (12.7.1967), 1 boat (11.7.1967), 1 boat (11.7.1967), 1 boat (1969), 1 boat (1969), 1 boat (22.1.1970), 1 boat (22.1.1970) |
Transfers |
none |
Discarding |
early 1980s: 13 boats 1985-1986: 13 boats in service (2019): 701, 703, 713, 719, Al Bahr |
Data variant | as completed |
Displacement standard, t |
57 |
Displacement full, t |
67 |
Length, m |
25.5 |
Breadth, m |
6.18 |
Draught, m |
1.24 |
No of shafts |
4 |
Machinery |
4 M-50FTK diesels |
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
Max speed, kts |
43 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
1000(14) |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M, 2 x 1 - 533 TT or 18 mines, 8 DC |
Sensors |
Zarnitsa radar |
Complement |
14 |
Project history: Former Soviet Project 183 MTBs.
Modernizations: early 1970s, 12 boats: - 1 x 2 - 25/80, 2 - 533 TT; + 1 x 40 -122 BM-21 Grad RL
early 1970s, 2 boats: + 2 - 533 TT (4 TTs at all)
In 1991 five boats were returned to service as patrol boats for Coast Guard with data as given in the table.
Data variant | Coast Guard conversion |
Displacement standard, t |
56 |
Displacement full, t |
67 |
Length, m |
25.9 |
Breadth, m |
6.24 |
Draught, m |
1.24 |
No of shafts |
4 |
Machinery |
4 M-50F-4 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
4800 |
Max speed, kts |
45 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 7 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
1000(14) |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 23/87 ZU-23-2 |
Sensors |
Decca 1226 radar |
Complement |
16 |
Naval service: No significant events.
1978
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