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HANDALAN fast attack craft (missile) (1979)

Handalan 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Handalan 3511   Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden 24.5.1977 11.11.1978 26.10.1979 in service (2019)
Perkasa 3512   Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden 27.6.1977 11.11.1978 26.10.1979 in service (2019)
Pendekar 3513   Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden 15.7.1977 11.11.1978 26.10.1979 in service (2019)
Gempita 3514   Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden 21.10.1977 11.11.1978 26.10.1979 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

240

Displacement full, t

270

Length, m

41.0 pp 43.6 oa

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

2.40 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels

Power, h. p.

10800

Max speed, kts

37.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 80

Endurance, nm(kts)

1850(14)

Armament

2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 57/70 SAK-57 Mk 1, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226, 9GR600, 9LV212 radars, Simrad SU sonar, Susie-1 ECM suite

Complement

39

Project history: Four 'Spica-M' type missile strike craft were ordered in 1976 to replace Perkasa class torpedo boats. The bridgework is farther forward than in the original Spica design, no torpedoes are mounted and diesels replace the gas turbines.

Modernizations: 1990s, all: - Simrad SU sonar

mid-2010s, all: - Decca 1226 radar, Susie-1 ECM suite; + type 1007 radar, DR-3000 ECM suite

Naval service: No significant events.

Gempita 2009

© Ivan Gogin, 2019