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MARITIME SQUADRON OF MALTA (MALTA)

COASTAL FORCES

C28 patrol boats (1967-1969/1978)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
(ex-أل ركب [Al Rakib]) C28   Thornycroft, Woolston, UK   15.11.1966 5.1967 // 1978 discarded 1993
(ex-أكرما [Akrama]) C29   Thornycroft, Woolston, UK   15.11.1966 early 1969 // 1978 stricken 1989
(ex-فروا [Farwa]) C30   Thornycroft, Woolston, UK   4.5.1967 5.1967 // 1978 sunk 1981

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

100

Length, m

30.5

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Rolls-Royce DV8TLM diesels

Power, h. p.

1740

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1800(14)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7

Electronic equipment radar
Complement 18

Project history: Former Libyan customs boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: C30 was lost in 1981.

C29 1980

 

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