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