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LEBANESE NAVY (LEBANON)

COASTAL FORCES

LEBANON patrol boats (1980, 1978-1983/1992-1994)

Names

لبنان [Lebanon]
أرز [Arz]
301 عمشيت [Amchit] (ex-Attacker)
302 جونيه [Jounieh] (ex-Fencer)
303 باترون [Batroun] (ex-Safeguard)
304 جبيل [Jbeil] (ex-Chaser)
305 بيروت [Beirut] (ex-Hunter)
306 سعيدة [Saida] (ex-Striker)
307 صرفند [Sarafand] (ex-Swift)

Builders

Fairey Allday Marine, Hamble, UK: Lebanon, Arz, 301-307

Completed

1980: Lebanon, Arz

1983 // 1992: 301, 302, 304-306

1978 // 1994: 303, 307

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2014-16: Lebanon, Arz

in service (2019): 301-307

  

Displacement standard, t

31

Displacement full, t

35

Length, m

19.3 pp 20.0 oa

Breadth, m

5.18

Draught, m

1.45

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 650(20)

Armament

3 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Lebanon, Arz, 301, 302, 304-306: Decca 1216 radar

303, 307: Decca 2690 radar

Complement

11

Project history: Tracker Mk II class. First two boats were built directly for Lebanon and served mainly in Customs service, other boats were purchased from Royal Navy in 1992 and from British Customs service in 1994.

Modernizations: 1990s, many: - 1 x 1 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 2 - 23/82 ZU-23-2

Naval service: No significant events.

Jounieh 2006

© Ivan Gogin, 2019