Al Boom 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| ألبوم [Al Boom] (ex-ويجا [Weija]) | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 3.1982 | 26.4.1984 // 8.1990 | sunk 1-2/1991 | |||
| البتيل [Al Betteel] (ex-البتيل [Mashuwah]) | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 4.1982 | 26.4.1984 // 8.1990 | sunk 1-2/1991 | |||
| الصادي [Al Saadi] (ex-إستقلال [Istiqlal]) | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 9.8.1984 // 8.1990 | sunk 1-2/1991 | ||||
| الأحمدي [Al Ahmadi] | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 9.8.1984 // 8.1990 | sunk 1-2/1991 | ||||
| العبدلي [Al Abdali] (ex-المبارك [Al Mubareki]) | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 9.8.1984 // 8.1990 | sunk 1-2/1991 |
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Displacement standard, t |
231 |
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Displacement full, t |
259 |
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Length, m |
42.3 wl 44.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.40 |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
4 MTU 16V538 TB92 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
15600 |
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Max speed, kts |
41.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1500(16) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90 |
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Sensors |
Decca 1226, 9LV200 radars, Matilda ECM suite, Dagaie decoy RL |
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Complement |
32 |
Project history: Weija-class fast attack craft of TNC45 design, served in Kuwaiti Navy and captured in 1990 during the Iraqi invasion to Kuwait.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: All were sunk by Allied forces in January-February 1991.
© Ivan Gogin, 2019