President Bourguiba 1975
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
برصيدنة برغبة [President Bourguiba] (ex-Thomas J. Gary), 1989- ندخ [Indakh] | E7 | Consolidated, Orange, USA | 15.6.1943 | 21.8.1943 | 27.11.1943 // 27.10.1973 | fire 16.4.1992 |
Displacement standard, t |
1590 |
Displacement full, t |
1850 |
Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.2 |
Draught, m |
4.27 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8x10 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
Max speed, kts |
19 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 310 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 11500(11) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-10, SPS-8, SPS-29, Mk 34 radars, SQS-29 sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites |
Complement |
170 |
Project history: Former USN Edsall-class destroyer escort radar-picket. Transferred to Tunisia as the flagship.
Modernizations: 1968: - 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, SPS-8 radar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites
Naval service: Indakh suffered a major fire 16.4.1992 and was restored only as accommodation hulk.
President Bourguiba 1980
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