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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NAVY (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

BUTINAH assault boats (2012-2015)

Names

P301 بطنه [Butinah]

P302 البزم [Al Bazam]

P303 زابل [Zaabeel]

P304 المرم [Al Muroom]

P305 الحمرية [Al Hamryah]

P306 الخان [Al Khan]

P307 الزوراء [Al Zawraa]

P308

P309

P310

P311

P312

Builders

Swede Ship Marine AB, Tjörn, Sweden: P301-303

ADSB, Massafah, Abu Dhabi: P304-312

Completed

2012: P301-303

2013-2015: P304-312

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2020): P301-312

 

Displacement standard, t

30

Displacement full, t

48

Length, m

26.5

Breadth, m

5.10

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2 waterjets

Machinery

2 MTU 12V2000 M93 diesels

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 4 Marte Mk 2N SSM (4 Marte Mk 2N) or 1 x 1 - 120/15 Nemo mortar, 1 x 1 - 27/63 MLG27, 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load 42 troops

Electronic equipment

radar, IPN-S CCS

Complement

6

Project history: Modofied Project Ghannatha craft intended also for service as guided-missile patrol boats, ordered in 2009. Aluminium construction. Can later receive Sea Spear missiles instead of Marte Mk 2N.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Al Bazam 2013

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