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LIBYAN NAVY (LIBYA)

COASTAL FORCES

AL MERGHEB patrol boats (2006-2008)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
المرقب [Al Mergheb] 628, 10.2018- 838   Adria Mar, Zagreb, Croatia     5.2006 in service (2019)
سيدي بلال [Sidi Bilal] 632   Adria Mar, Zagreb, Croatia     5.2006 in service (2019)
السدادة [Al Sadada] 634   Adria Mar, Zagreb, Croatia     2007 in service (2019)
جليانة [Jelyana] 636   Adria Mar, Zagreb, Croatia     2007 in service (2019)
مرسيط [Mersit] 638   Adria Mar, Zagreb, Croatia     2008 in service (2019)
تاقرفت [Tagrift] 642   Adria Mar, Zagreb, Croatia     2008 sunk 5.2011

 

Displacement standard, t

130

Displacement full, t

166

Length, m

31.2

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

1.55

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Deutz TBD630 diesels

Power, h. p.

4360

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(12)

Armament

628: 1 x 1 - 14.5/93, 1 x 1 - 12.7/79

632, 634, 636, 638, 642: 1 x 1 - 20/70 M71, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79

Electronic equipment Raytheon radar
Complement 14

Project history: Ordered in 2004 unedr Adria Mar PV30-LS (OOB-31) project. Stealth forms 5m 60kts fast RIB can be handled via stern ramp.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Jelyana was badly damaged by British aircraft in May 2011, fired and capsized by later repaired and recommissioned in 2013. Tagrift was sunk by NATO air raid at Dera'a.

Mersit

© Ivan Gogin, 2019