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REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)

COASTAL FORCES

FABG1 fast attack craft (missile) (1979-1981)

FABG41 2000

Names

FABG1-3

FABG7-12

FABG14-21

FABG23-30

FABG32-39

FABG41-59

Builders

China SB, Kaohsiung: FABG1-3, 7-12, 14-21, 23-30, 32-39, 41-59

Completed

1979: FABG1-3, 7-12, 14-17

1980: FABG18-21, 23-30, 32-36

1981: FABG37-39, 41-59

Losses

none

Transfers

Paraguay, 1994: FABG1 (Capitán Ortiz), FABG2 (Teniente Robles)

Gambia, 2009: FABG7 (Taipei), FABG11 (Kunta Kinter), FABG29 (Kindy Camara), FABG32 (Musa Maliya Jammer)

Discarding

2010: FABG3

2012: FABG10

2012-2015: FABG8, 9, 12, 14-21, 23-28, 30, 33-39, 41-59

 

Displacement standard, t

47

Displacement full, t

56

Length, m

22.9

Breadth, m

5.50

Draught, m

1.00 hull 2.02 propellers

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 12V331 TC92 diesels

Power, h. p.

2605

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

700(32)

Armament

2 x 1 Hsiung Feng I SSM (2 Hsiung Feng I), 1 x 1 - 20/68 T75, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

CS/UPS-60X, HR-76C5 radars, WD-2A ECM suite, 2x AV-2 decoy RL

Complement

10

   

Project history: Design based closely on Israeli Dvora class. Aluminium hull. Early units had pylon mast and SSM launchers mounted astern, later units had lattice mast and SSM amidships with mount for 20mm gun aft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

FABG56 2000

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