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EL NAJIM AL ZAFIR frigates (1984-1985)

El Najim Al Zafir 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
النجم الظافر [El Najim Al Zafir] 951   Jiangnan, Shanghai, China     27.10.1984 in service (2019)
الناصر [El Naser] 956   Jiangnan, Shanghai, China     16.4.1985 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1425

Displacement full, t

1700

Length, m

103.2

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

3.05 hull

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SEMT-Pielstick 12PA6 280BTC diesels

Power, h. p.

16000

Max speed, kts

25.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(15)

Armament

2 x 2 Hai Ying-2 SSM (4 C-201), 2 x 2 - 57/70 type 76, 6 x 2 - 37/63 type 74, 4 x 5 type 81 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, 60 mines

Sensors

type 756, type 354, type 352C radars, GDG-775 e/o system, SJD-3 (E5) sonar

Complement

195

Project history: Chinese Type 053H1 frigates, ordered in 1982with 57mm guns instead of 100mm.

Modernizations: late 1980s, both: + Decca RM1290A radar, Newton-Beta ECM suite

1994, both: + Triton ECM suite

late 2010s, both: - 2 x 5 type 81 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, mines; + JRC radar

Naval service: No significant events.

El Nasser 2006

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