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KUWAITI NAVY (KUWAIT)

COASTAL FORCES

BEKAH patrol boat (1986)

Names

بقه [Bekah]

Builders

Azimut, Turin, Italy: Bekah

Commissioned

1986: Bekah

Losses

Bekah (2.8.1990)

Transfers

none

Discarding none

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

30

Length, m

20.0

Breadth, m

5.10

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN D2842LE 12V diesels

Power, h. p.

1560

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

small arms

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

 

Project history: Azimut AZ-66 design, intended for security service on the oil fields. Was subordinated to Ministry of Interior.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: Dhaheer was lost during Iraqi invasion in August 1990.

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