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PERDANA fast attack craft (missile) (1972-1973)

Perdana 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Perdana 3501   CMN, Cherbourg, France   31.5.1972 21.12.1972 in service (2019)
Serang 3502   CMN, Cherbourg, France   22.12.1971 31.1.1973 in service (2019)
Ganas 3503   CMN, Cherbourg, France   26.10.1972 28.2.1973 in service (2019)
Ganyang 3504   CMN, Cherbourg, France   16.3.1972 20.3.1973 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

234

Displacement full, t

265

Length, m

47.0

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

2.50 full load

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU MB870 diesels

Power, h. p.

14000

Max speed, kts

36.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 39

Endurance, nm(kts)

1800(15)

Armament

2 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (2 MM38), 1 x 1 - 57/70 SAK-57 Mk 1, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564

Electronic equipment

Decca 626, Triton THD-1040, Pollux radars, DR-2000 ECM suite

Complement

30

Project history: Four 'Combattante II A4L' type missile strike craft were ordered in 1970. Equipped with Swedish guns and French fire control system.

Modernizations: mid-2010s, all: - Decca 626 radar, DR-2000 ECM suite; + type 1007 radar, DR-3000 ECM suite

Naval service: No significant events.

Ganyang 2013

© Ivan Gogin, 2019