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IRAQI NAVY (IRAQ)

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SR.Mk 6C patrol hovercraft (1981)

Names

6 units

Builders

British Hovercraft, Cowes, UK: 6 units

Commissioned

1981: 6 units

Losses

1 unit (1980s), 1 unit (1980s), 1 unit (1980s), 1 unit (1991), 1 unit (1991), 1 unit (1991)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

11

Length, m

14.8

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

0 / 1.2

No of shafts

2 air propellers

Machinery

1 Gnome gas turbine

Power, h. p.

1050

Max speed, kts

60

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 170(54)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

3 + 20 troops

Project history: British SRN.6 Mk 6 Winchester class hovercraft. Can carry 5t of cargo. Customs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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