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KUWAITI NAVY (KUWAIT)

COASTAL FORCES

AL SALEMI patrol boats (1966-1972)

Names

أل سلمي [Al Salemi]

أل موبركي [Al Mubaraki]

أمن [Aman]

ميمون [Maymoon]

مرزوك [Marzook]

مشور [Mashoor]

مورشد [Murshed]

وثه [Wathah]

أل شورتي [Al Shurti]

إنتسر [Intisar]

Builders

Thornycroft, Southampton, UK: Al Salemi, Al Mubaraki

Vosper Thornycroft, Southampton, UK: Aman, Maymoon, Marzook, Mashoor, Murshed, Wathah, Al Shurti, Intisar

Commissioned

9/1966: Al Salemi, Al Shurti

1968: Aman, Maymoon

1969: Marzook, Mashoor

1970: Murshed, Wathah

1972: Al Shurti, Intisar

Losses

Al Salemi (2.8.1990), Al Shurti (2.8.1990), Aman (2.8.1990), Maymoon (2.8.1990), Marzook (2.8.1990), Mashoor (2.8.1990), Murshed (2.8.1990), Wathah (2.8.1990), Al Shurti (2.8.1990), Intisar (2.8.1990)

Transfers

none

Discarding none

Displacement standard, t

40

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.5

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Rolls-Royce V8 marine diesels

Power, h. p.

1340

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 700(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

Decca 202 radar

Complement

12

Project history: Thornycroft 78ft type coastal patrol boats. Welded steel hulls, aluminium alloy superstructures. May be armed with 1 40mm gun.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: All were captured by Iraqi forces in August 1990.

Intisar 1972

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