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NIGERIA frigate (1966)

Nigeria 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nigeria, 1981- Obuma F87   Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands 9.4.1964 12.4.1965 16.9.1966 hulk 1995

  

Displacement standard, t

1724

Displacement full, t

2000

Length, m

104.0 pp 109.8 oa

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

3.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 MAN W24/30B diesels

Power, h. p.

16000

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 3500(15)

Armament

1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL, helicopter deck
Electronic equipment type 293, type 275, AWS-4 radars, type 170, type 174 sonars

Complement

216

Project history: Ordered from the Netherlands Shipbuilding Bureau (NEVESBU) as combined escort, training ship and flagship, armed with RN-pattern armament.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1983 intended refit was abandoned and ship lost seagoing abilities in early 1990s.

Nigeria 1977

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