Siri 1990
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Siri | P181 | CMN, Cherbourg, France | 15.5.1979 | 3.6.1980 | 19.2.1981 | in service (2019) | |
Ayam | P182 | CMN, Cherbourg, France | 7.9.1979 | 10.11.1980 | 11.6.1981 | in service (2019) | |
Ekun | P183 | CMN, Cherbourg, France | 19.11.1979 | 11.2.1981 | 18.9.1981 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
385 |
Displacement full, t |
425 |
Length, m |
53.0 wl 56.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.61 wl 8.16 oa |
Draught, m |
2.10 |
No of shafts |
4 |
Machinery |
4 MTU MD 16V956 TB92 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
20000 |
Max speed, kts |
37 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
2000(15) |
Armament |
4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 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 |
Electronic equipment |
Decca 1226C, Triton-S, Castor II radars, 2x Panda e/o systems, RDL ECM suite |
Complement |
42 |
Project history: French Combattante IIIB design, ordered in 1977. Did not leave France until 9.5.1982 when Nigeria completed payment.
Modernizations: early 2000s, all: - 4 x 1 MM38 SSM (missiles were time-expired)
Naval service: Siri was inoperable and used for cannibalization from 1995 to 2003 but was again active by 2005.
Ayam 2002
© Ivan Gogin, 2019