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EGYPTIAN NAVY (EGYPT)

COASTAL FORCES

No 783 fast attack craft (missile) (1959-1965/1962-1967)

No 783 1965

Names

No 781, later- 391, later- 601

No 783, later- 393, later- 602

No 785, later- 395, later- 603

No 787, later- 397, later- 605

No 789, later- 399, later- 606

No 791, later- 607

No 793, later- 608

No 795, later- 609

Builders

5 Yd, Leningrad: 781, 783, 785, 787, 789, 791, 793, 795

Commissioned

1959-1965 // 1962-1967: 781, 783, 785, 787, 789, 791, 793, 795

Losses

1 boat (16.5.1970), 1 boat (10/1973), 1 boat (10/1973)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1980: 1 boat

1985: 4 boats

 

 

Displacement standard, t

70

Displacement full, t

81

Length, m

25.5

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 M50F-4 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

38

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

885(11.8)

Armament

2 x 1 P-15 SSM (2 P-15), 1 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M

Sensors

Rangout radar

Complement

17

Project history: Soviet project 183R fast attack craft.

Modernizations: 1970s, all survived: diesels were replaced by 4 CRM-12 D/S-2 diesels (5500hp, 40kts).

Naval service: One boat was sunk 16.5.1970 by Israeli aircraft, two were sunk by Israeli forces in October 1973.

1966

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