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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

AL WADI'A medium landing ships (1966/1973-1977)

Al Wadi'a 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
الوضيئة [Al Wadia] (ex-ÑÄÊ-44 [SDK-44]) 136 770MA/33 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 13.9.1965 4.6.1966 31.10.1966 // 8.1973 unification 5.1990, deleted 1993
اسيري [Siri] (ex-ÑÄÊ-32 [SDK-32]) 137 770MA/23 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 1.3.1965 30.9.1965 31.3.1966 // 7.1977 unification 5.1990, derelict 1996
(ex-ÑÄÊ-45 [SDK-45]) 138 770MA/34 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 1.10.1965 30.6.1966 7.11.1966 // 8.1973 destroyed 13.1.1986

 

Displacement standard, t

772

Displacement full, t

820

Length, m

73.0

Breadth, m

8.62

Draught, m

1.98

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 40D diesels

Power, h. p.

4400

Max speed, kts

18.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1800(16)

Armament

1 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 18 - 140 WM-18 RL

Military load

4 heavy or 5 medium tanks or 9 trucks

Electronic equipment

Donets, MR-104 Rys' radars

Complement

42

Project history: Former Soviet Project 770MA medium landing ships.

Modernizations: 1980s, Siri, 138: - 1 x 2 - 30/71, MR-104 Rys' radar; + 1 x 2 - 25/82 2M-3M

Naval service: No138 was attacked by own Su-7B fighter-bombers 13.1.1986 at Aden during coup de etat, ran aground and was destroyed by fire.

© Ivan Gogin, 2020