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KUWAITI NAVY (KUWAIT)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

HADIYA logistic landing craft (1979)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
هدية [Hadiya]     Vosper Private, Singapore     1979 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (هدية [Hadiya])
شريف [Ceriff]     Vosper Private, Singapore     1979 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (شريف [Ceriff])
الجهرا [Al Jahra]     Vosper Private, Singapore     1979 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (الجهرا [Al Jahra])

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

32.3

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Rolls-Royce C8M-410 diesels

Power, h. p.

750

Max speed, kts

9.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(9)

Armament

none

Military load 170 t cargo
Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

 

Project history: Unusual design with stern ramp.

Modernizations: None.

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

Al Jahra 1979

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