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KUWAITI NAVY (KUWAIT)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

AL SAFFAR logistic landing craft (1984-1985)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
السفر [Al Saffar] L101   Fairey Marine, Cowes, UK     10/1984 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (السفر [Al Saffar])
الصيف [Al Seef] L102   Fairey Marine, Cowes, UK     11/1984 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (الصيف [Al Seef])
جلبت [Jalbout], 1992-  السفر [Al Saffar] L103, 1992- L403   Fairey Marine, Cowes, UK     9/1985 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (جلبت [Jalbout]), returned, re-commissioned 1992, stricken 2016
البلدان [Al Baldani] L104   Fairey Marine, Cowes, UK     9/1985 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (الصيف [Al Seef])

Displacement standard, t

175

Displacement full, t

420

Length, m

33.0

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

1.75

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3412DITA diesels

Power, h. p.

1010

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(10)

Armament

none

Military load 2 60t tanks or 150 t cargo
Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

7

Project history: Cheverton 'Loadmaster Mk II' design. There were 50 places for seated passengers. 4m-wide bow ramp.

Modernizations: None.

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

1985

Al Saffar 2001

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