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ROYAL SAUDI NAVY (SAUDI ARABIA)

COAST GUARD

139 patrol craft (1979-1981)

Names

139-163

Builders

Bayerische Schiffbau, Erlenbach, West Germany: 139-158

Arminias Werft, Bodenwerder, West Germany: 159-163

Completed

1979: 139-153

1981: 154-163

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1990s: 15 units

early 2000s: 10 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

33

Length, m

15.6 pp 17.1 oa

Breadth, m

4.98

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 200(20)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment Decca RM914 radar

Complement

7

Project history: Type Scorpion, aluminium construction. Coast Guard.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

153 1998

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