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NAVY OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA (EQUATORIAL GUINEA)

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WELE NZAS frigate (2014)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Wele Nzas F073   MTG Delfin, Varna, Bulgaria // ASABA GE, Malabo 21.5.2012 26.2.2013 3.6.2014 in service (2020)

 

 

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

2500

Length, m

93.3 pp 107.0 oa

Breadth, m

14.0

Draught, m

3.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Caterpillar C280 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/59 AK-176, 2 x 6 - 30/54 AK-630M, 2 x 22 - 140 MS-227 Ogon' RL, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

Pozitiv-U, Delta-M, 2x nav. radars, 2x Selena e/o systems, ECM suite

Complement

 

Project history: Ship was built at Varna as "search-and-rescue ship Savior" under SV-02 design and outfitted and armed in Equatorial Guinea. Armament was presumably removed from scrapped Ukrainian ships. Ship carries two RIBs in hangar.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Wele Nzas 2014

Wele Nzas 2014

© Ivan Gogin, 2020