Ekpe 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ekpe | P178 | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 17.2.1979 | 17.12.1979 | 8.1980 | in service (2019) | |
| Damisa | P179 | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 17.2.1979 | 27.3.1980 | 4.1981 | in service (2019) | |
| Agu | P180 | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 17.2.1979 | 7.11.1980 | 4.1981 | cannibalized 1992-95, formally in the navy list (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
373 |
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Displacement full, t |
436 |
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Length, m |
54.4 wl 58.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.62 |
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Draught, m |
2.83 propellers |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
4 MTU 16V956 TB92 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
20000 |
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Max speed, kts |
38 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
2600(16) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 Otomat Mk 1 SSM (4 Otomat Mk 1), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec EX-30 |
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Electronic equipment |
Decca 1226C, WM-28 radars, RDL ECM suite |
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Complement |
40 |
Project history: Lürssen FPB57 design, type 143 with different armament. Planned 533mm TTs were never installed.
Modernizations: mid-1990s, all: - 4 x 1 Otomat Mk 1 SSM (missiles were time-expired)
Naval service: Agu formally remains in Navy list (2019), really she was cannibalized in the early 1990s to provide spares for other two. Ekpe and Damisa were refitted in 1995 but by 1997 had again become inoperable. Ekpe broke down en route during attempt to be deployed to Sierra Leone in 1997.
Ekpe 1998
© Ivan Gogin, 2019