El Lahiq 2000
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
اللاحق [El Lahiq] | 308 | Danyard, Fredeikshavn, Denmark | 7/1987 | 11.11.1987 | in service (2019) | ||
التوفيق [El Tawfiq] | 309 | Danyard, Fredeikshavn, Denmark | 10/1987 | 31.1.1988 | in service (2019) | ||
الهمس [El Hamiss] | 316 | Danyard, Fredeikshavn, Denmark | 4/1990 | 9.8.1990 | in service (2019) | ||
القريب [El Karib] | 317 | Danyard, Fredeikshavn, Denmark | 7/1990 | 23.9.1990 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
425 |
Displacement full, t |
500 |
Length, m |
50.8 pp 54.8 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
Draught, m |
2.75 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Burmeister & Wain 12V23/30 DVO diesels |
Power, h. p. |
4960 |
Max speed, kts |
22 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 95 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4500(16) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 20/90 F2 |
Electronic equipment |
2x Decca radars |
Complement |
15 + 20 passengers |
Project history: Danish Osprey 55 design. Intended for fishery protection, delivered without armament and were armed later. El Karib carries oil skimmer, El Lahiq has US-made mapping sonars and can be used as survey vessel. All have a stern ramp and door for launching 6.5m RIB.
Modernizations: late 2010s, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/90; + 2 x 2 - 14.5/93
Naval service: No significant events.
El Lahiq 2010
© Ivan Gogin, 2019