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KUWAITI NAVY (KUWAIT)

COASTAL FORCES

'Seagull' patrol boats (1986)

Names

10 units

Builders

Korea SB: 10 units

Commissioned

1986: 5 units

1989: 5 units

Losses

10 units (2.8.1990)

Transfers

none

Discarding none

Displacement standard, t

80

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.0

Breadth, m

5.50

Draught, m

2.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

3920

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 950(20)

Armament

small arms

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

18

Project history: 'Seagull' type. Aluminium construction. First five were ordered in 1985 and delivered in 1986. Second series of five boats was ordered in 1988 and delivered before Iraqi invasion.

Modernizations:  None.

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

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