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TUNISIAN NAVY (TUNISIA)

COASTAL FORCES

BIZERTA large patrol craft (missile) (1970-1975)

Bizerta 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
بزرتا [Bizerta] P301   SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France 5.6.1969 20.11.1969 10.7.1970 in service (2019)
إل أرا [El Horria] P302   SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France 20.11.1969 19.2.1970 10/1970 in service (2019)
منستر [Monastir] P303   SFCN, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France 1.2.1974 25.6.1974 25.3.1975 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

250

Length, m

45.5 pp 48.0 oa

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

2.25

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MGO MB839Db diesels

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(16)

Armament

2 x 4 SS-12 SSM (8 SS-12), 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment DRBN-31 radar

Complement

34

Project history: French P48 design.

Modernizations: 1994, all: - 2 x 1 - 40/70, 1 x 1 - 20/70, DRBN-31 radar; + 2 x 2 - 37/63 type 74, 2 x 1 - 14.5/93, Decca 1226 radar

mid-2010s, all: - 2 x 4 SS-12 SSM

Naval service: No significant events.

Horria 1974

Horria 2001

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