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IRAQI NAVY (IRAQ)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

AL SAFFAR small landing ships (1984-1985/1990)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
السفر [Al Saffar]     Cheverton, Cowes, UK     10.1984 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991
الصيف [Al Seef]     Cheverton, Cowes, UK     11.1984 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991
iii     Cheverton, Cowes, UK     9.1985 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991
البلدان [Al Baldani]     Cheverton, Cowes, UK     9.1985 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991

 

Displacement standard, t

175

Displacement full, t

420

Length, m

33.0

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

1.75

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3412DITA diesels

Power, h. p.

1214

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(10)

Armament

none

Military load

2 tanks, 50 troops

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

7

Project history: Fairey Marine 'Loadmaster Mk II' type logistic landing craft of Kuwaiti navy, captured by Iraq during invasion in 1990.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: All were lost during allied attack in January-February 1991.

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