|
Names |
6 units |
|
Builders |
British Hovercraft, Cowes, UK: 6 units |
|
Commissioned |
1982: 6 units |
|
Losses |
6 units (2.8.1990) |
|
Transfers |
none |
| Discarding | none |
|
Displacement standard, t |
|
|
Displacement full, t |
17 |
|
Length, m |
18.3 |
|
Breadth, m |
8.50 |
|
Draught, m |
// - |
|
No of shafts |
1 air propeller |
|
Machinery |
1 Rolls-Royce Gnome gas turbine |
|
Power, h. p. |
1060 |
|
Max speed, kts |
50 loaded 55 light |
|
Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 300(50) loaded 500(50) light |
|
Armament |
none |
| Military load | troops |
| Electronic equipment |
radar |
|
Complement |
Project history: British SR.N6 Mk 9 design hovercraft.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: All were captured by Iraqi forces during invasion in August 1990.
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