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KUWAITI NAVY (KUWAIT)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

WAHEED landing craft (1971-1975)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
واحد [Waheed]     Vosper Thornycroft Private, Singapore     5/1971 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (واحد [Waheed])
فريد [Fareed]     Vosper Thornycroft Private, Singapore     5/1971 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (فريد [Fareed])
رجا [Regga]     Vosper Thornycroft Private, Singapore     11/1975 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (رجا [Regga])

Displacement standard, t

88

Displacement full, t

170

Length, m

27.0

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Rolls-Royce C8M-410 diesels

Power, h. p.

750

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(9)

Armament

none

Military load 40 t cargo, 8 troops
Electronic equipment

presumably radar

Complement

8

Project history: Landing craft, ordered by Ministry of Interior. Supported landing parties working on islands offshore.

Modernizations: None.

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

Waheed 1974

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