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IRAQI NAVY (IRAQ)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

HADIYA small landing ships (1979/1990)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
هدية [Hadiya]     Vosper Private, Singapore     1979 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991
شريف [Ceriff]     Vosper Private, Singapore     1979 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991
الجهرا [Al Jahra]     Vosper Private, Singapore     1979 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991

 

Displacement standard, t

170

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

32.3

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Rolls-Royce C8M-41D diesels

Power, h. p.

750

Max speed, kts

9.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(9)

Armament

none

Military load

vehicles, cargo

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

 

Project history: Kuwaiti LCUs of unusual design with stern landing ramp, captured by Iraq during invasion.

Modernizations: None.

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

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