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LA GALITE fast attack craft (missile) (1985)

La Galite 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
لا غاليتي [La Galite] P501   CMN, Cherbourg, France 26.5.1982 16.6.1983 27.2.1985 in service (2019)
تونس [Tunis] P502   CMN, Cherbourg, France 28.9.1982 27.10.1983 28.3.1985 in service (2019)
كارثج [Carthage] P503   CMN, Cherbourg, France 6.1.1983 24.1.1984 29.4.1985 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

395

Displacement full, t

425

Length, m

53.0 pp 56.8 oa

Breadth, m

8.16

Draught, m

2.15 hull 2.50 propellers

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 20V538 TB93 diesels

Power, h. p.

19300

Max speed, kts

38

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2800(10)

Armament

2 x 4 MM40 Exocet SSM (8 MM40), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 2 - 30/75 GCM-A03

Electronic equipment Triton S, Castor IIB radars, 2x Naja e/o systems, DR2000 ECM, Dagaie decoy RL, TAVITAC CCS

Complement

35

Project history: French La Combattante III design.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Tunis 2009

© Ivan Gogin, 2019