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IRAQI NAVY (IRAQ)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

WAHEED landing craft (1971-1975/1990)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
واحد [Waheed]     Vosper-Thornycroft Private, Singapore     5.1971 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991
فريد [Fareed]     Vosper-Thornycroft Private, Singapore     5.1971 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991
رجا [Regga]     Vosper-Thornycroft Private, Singapore     11.1975 // 8.1990 lost 1-2/1991

 

Displacement standard, t

88

Displacement full, t

170

Length, m

27.0

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Rolls-Royce C8M-41D diesels

Power, h. p.

750

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(9)

Armament

none

Military load

40 t cargo, 8 passengers

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

9

Project history: Vosper type LCM, ordered by Kuwait Ministry of Interior and captured by Iraq in 1990.

Modernizations: None.

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

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