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IRAQI NAVY (IRAQ)

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ABDULLAH BEN ALI SERH corvettes

Laksamana Hang Nadim  2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
بدُللَه بِن َبِ سِهر [Abdullah Ben Abi Serh] F214   Breda Fincantieri, Porto Marghera, Italy 22.3.1982 5.7.1983 31.7.1999 // --- commissioned by Malaysia (Laksamana Muhammad Amin)
كهَلِد ِبن َل وَلِد [Khalid Ibn Al Walid] F216   Breda Fincantieri, Porto Marghera, Italy 3.6.1982 5.7.1983 28.7.1997 // --- commissioned by Malaysia (Laksamana Hang Nadim)
سََد ِبن َلِ وَككَد [Saad Ibn Ali Wakkad] F218   Breda Fincantieri, Porto Marghera, Italy 17.8.1982 2.12.1983 28.7.1997 // --- commissioned by Malaysia (Laksamana Tun Abdul Jamil)
سَلَه َلدِن َل َيُُبِ [Salah Aldin Al Ayoobi] F220   Breda Fincantieri, Porto Marghera, Italy 17.9.1982 30.3.1984 31.7.1999 // --- commissioned by Malaysia (Laksamana Tan Pusmah)

 

Displacement standard, t

600

Displacement full, t

705

Length, m

57.8 pp 62.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.30

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 20V956 TB92 diesels

Power, h. p.

24000

Max speed, kts

37

Fuel, t

diesel oil 126

Endurance, nm(kts)

2300(18)

Armament

2 x 3 Otomat Mk 2 SSM (6 Otomat Mk 2), 1 x 4 Albatros SAM (7 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 OTO-Breda Compact Twin 40, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT (6 A244S)

Electronic equipment

3RM20, RAN-12L/X, 2x RTN-10X, 2x RTN-20X radars, Diodon sonar, INS-3, TQN-2 ECM suites, 2x SCLAR decoy RL, IPN-10 CCS

Complement

51

Project history: Based on the Wadi M'ragh design for Libya. They were completed in 1987 but delivery was cancelled due to Iran-Iraq war and later aggression against Kuwait. In 1997-1999 all these ships were commissioned by Malaysian Navy.

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