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KUWAITI NAVY (KUWAIT)

COASTAL FORCES

DASTOOR coastal patrol boats (1974-1979)

Names

دستور [Dastoor]
قصر [Kasar]
قاهر [Qahir]
صغار [Sagar]
سلام [Salam]

Builders

Vosper Thornycroft, Singapore: Dastoor, Kasar

Vosper Private, Singapore: Qahir, Sagar, Salam

Commissioned

1974: Dastoor, Kasar

1979: Qahir, Sagar, Salam

Losses

Dastoor (2.8.1990), Kasar (2.8.1990), Qahir (2.8.1990), Sagar (2.8.1990), Salam (2.8.1990)

Transfers

none

Discarding none

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

25

Length, m

16.8

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU MB6 V331 diesels

Power, h. p.

1350

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 320(20)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

8

Project history: Vosper 56ft.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: All were lost during Iraqi invasion in August 1990.

Qahir 1979

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