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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

P63 small landing ships (1967/1993)

 

P63 1995

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
(ex-אשקלון [Ashkelon]) P63, 2006- LC302   Israel SYds, Haifa, Israel     1967 // 1993 interned by Djibouti 1993, seized by Djibouti 16.9.1996, to Eritrea 11.1996, in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

400

Displacement full, t

730

Length, m

62.7

Breadth, m

10.0

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

1900

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 37

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 2 - 23/87 ZSU-23-2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79

Military load

tanks, troops

Electronic equipment radar
Complement 20

   

Project history: Former Israeli Ashdod class LCU acquired by Ethiopia in 1993 and sold to Eritrea later.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Ship was seized by Djibouti and sold to Eritrea.

LC302 2014

 

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