FMB163 1985
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| FMB160 | Vympel, Rybinsk, USSR | 1.1978 | scuttled 5.1991 | ||||
| FMB161 | Vympel, Rybinsk, USSR | 9.1980 | lost 1991 | ||||
| FMB162 | Vympel, Rybinsk, USSR | 13.1.1981 | scuttled 5.1991 | ||||
| FMB163 | Almaz, Leningrad, USSR | 1970s // 1982 | interned by Djibouti 1993, to Eritrea 11.1996, stricken 1998 |
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Displacement standard, t |
192 |
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Displacement full, t |
FMB160-162: 243 FMB163: 235 |
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Length, m |
38.6 |
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Breadth, m |
7.60 |
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Draught, m |
FMB160-162: 2.00 FMB163: 1.84 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 M-504B diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
15000 |
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Max speed, kts |
42 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
FMB160-162: 1620(15) FMB163: 1800(14) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 P-15U SSM (4 P-15U), 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230 |
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Sensors |
MR-101 Rangout, MR-104 Rys' radars |
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Complement |
29 |
Project history: Soviet fast attack craft of export project 205ER (first three) and project 205U (fourth).
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: FMB160 and 162 were sunk by Eritrean People's Liberation Force troops at Assab in May 1991, FMB161 was lost in 1991 due unknown cause. FMB163 escaped to Yemen in 1991 and to Djibouti in 1993, where she was interned and in November 1996 sold to Eritrean Government.
© Ivan Gogin, 2019