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NIGERIAN NAVY (NIGERIA)

COASTAL FORCES

SIRI fast attack craft (missile) (1981)

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

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