Dat Assawari 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| ذات أسوار [Dat Assawari] | F01, 1983- 211 | Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston, UK | 27.9.1968 | 9.1969 | 1.2.1973 | inoperable 1992 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1325 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1650 |
|
Length, m |
94.5 pp 101.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.1 |
|
Draught, m |
3.36 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
CODOG: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-2A gas turbines / 2 Paxman Ventura 16YJCM diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
48000 / 3800 |
|
Max speed, kts |
37 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel / gas turbine oil 300 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
500(17) |
|
Armament |
2 x 3 SeaCat GWS21 SAM (18 Seacat), 1 x 1 - 114/55 Mk 8, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 1 x 2 - 35/90 GDM-A, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
| Electronic equipment | ASW-1, RDL-1, type 262 radars, type 185, type 170, type 174 sonars |
| Complement | 132 |
Project history: Vosper-Thornycroft Mk 7 frigate design, slightly larger than the two Iranian Mk 5 and with a different armament.
Modernizations: 1983: - 2 x 3 SeaCat SAM, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, ASW-1, RDL-1 radars, type 185, type 170, type 174 sonars; + 4 x 1 Otomat Mk 2 SSM (4 Otomat Mk 2), 1 x 4 Albatros SAM (4 ASpide), 2 x 3 -3 24 ILAS-3 TT (6 A244), RAN-10S, RAN-12, Decca TM1229, 2x RTN-10X radars, TSM2310 Diodon sonar, RDS-1, INS-1 ECM suites, RAN-12L/X (IPN-10) CCS
Naval service: Dat Assawari was damaged by terrorist bomb 29.10.1980 during a refit in Italy, started in 1979. Ran trials after refit began in March 1983, ship was recommissioned in October 1983 but returned to Libya only in June 1985. During the next refit in Italy ship was transferred incomplete to Tripoli and hulked.
Dat Assawari 1973
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