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IRAQI NAVY (IRAQ)

COASTAL FORCES

Seagull patrol craft (1986/1990)

Names

5 units

Builders

Korea SB, Okpo,South Korea: 5 units

Commissioned

1986 // 1990: 5 units

Losses

1 unit (1-2/1991), 1 unit (1-2/1991), 1 unit (1-2/1991), 1 unit (1-2/1991), 1 unit (1-2/1991)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

 

Displacement standard, t

80

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.0

Breadth, m

5.50

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

3920

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

950(20)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Sensors

radar

Complement

18

Project history: Coastal patrol boats of Kuwaiti Navy, South Korean 'Seagull' design, captured in August 1990 during invasion. Aluminium construction.

Modernizations: None.

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

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