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GABON NAVY (GABON)

COASTAL FORCES

PRÉSIDENT EL HADJ OMAR BONGO fast attack craft (missile) (1978)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate

Président El Hadj Omar Bongo, 1985- Général Nazaire Boulingui Kounba, 1985- Général Nazaire Boulingui

P10

 

CN de l'Estérel, Cannes, France

 

12.1.1978

7.8.1978

in service (2019)

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

160

Length, m

42.0

Breadth, m

7.70

Draught, m

1.90

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 MTU 20V672 TY90 diesels

Power, h. p.

9450

Max speed, kts

38.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 28

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(15)

Armament

2 x 2 SS-12M SSM (4 SS-12M), 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01

Electronic equipment Decca RM1226 radar

Complement

23

Project history: Triple-skinned mahogany-hulled boat.

Modernizations: 1985: diesels were replaced by 3 SACM AGO195 12CSNR diesels (5400hp, 32kts).

early 2000s: SS-12M SSMs became inoperable

Naval service: Stricken in 1999 but reactivated in 2000.

Général Nazaire Boulingui 2000

© Ivan Gogin, 2019