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IRAQI NAVY (IRAQ)

COASTAL FORCES

DASTOOR patrol boats (1974-1979/1990)

Names

دستور [Dastoor]
قصر [Kasar]
قاهر [Qahir]
صغار [Sagar]
سلام [Salam]

Builders

Vosper-Thornycroft Pty, Singapore: Dastoor, Kasar, Qahir, Sagar, Salam

Commissioned

1974 // 1990: Dastoor, Kasar

1979 // 1990: Qahir, Sagar, Salam

Losses

Dastoor (1-2/1991), Kasar (1-2/1991), Qahir (1-2/1991), Sagar (1-2/1991), Salam (1-2/1991)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

25

Length, m

17.1

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Dastoor, Kasar: 2 MTU MB 6V331 diesels

Qahir, Sagar, Salam: 2 diesels

Power, h. p.

Dastoor, Kasar: 1350

Qahir, Sagar, Salam: 1800

Max speed, kts

Dastoor, Kasar: 26

Qahir, Sagar, Salam: 29-30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

320(20)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Sensors

radar

Complement

8

Project history: Coastal patrol boats of Kuwaiti Navy, captured in August 1990 during invasion. Welded steel hull, aluminum superstructure. Designed to have 1 -2  20mm guns.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: All were lost or returned to Kuwait during Desert Storm operation in 1991.

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