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MUSSA BEN NUSSAIR corvettes (1986/2017)

Mussa Ben Nussair 2017

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
موسى بن نصير [Mussa Ben Nussair] F210   CNR, Muggiano, Italy 15.1.1982 16.12.1982 17.9.1986 // 8.2017 in service (2019)
طارق ابن زياد [Tariq Ibn Ziad] F212   CNR, Muggiano, Italy 20.5.1982 8.7.1983 29.10.1986 // 8.2017 in service (2019)

 

 

Displacement standard, t

605

Displacement full, t

680

Length, m

57.8 pp 62.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.30

Draught, m

2.80

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)

4000(18)

Armament

2 x 1 Otomat Mk 2 SSM (2 Otomat Mk 2), 1 x 4 Albatros SAM (7 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT, 1 helicopter (AB-212)

Sensors

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

Complement

51

Project history: Similar to Equadorian Esmeralda with telescopic hangar and landing pad for helicopter at cost of 4 Otomat SSMs. They were completed in 1986 but delivery was cancelled due to Iran-Iraq war and later aggression against Kuwait. In May 2014 the order for extensive refit was signed and in 2017 both ships arrived to Iraq onboard of cargo vessel Eide Trader.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019