49m stealth fast attack craft
Appearance
Class overview | |
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Builders | Myanmar Naval Dockyard |
Operators | Myanmar Navy |
Preceded by | 5-Series class : Fast Attack Craft |
Succeeded by | Yan Nyein Aung-class submarine chaser |
Built | 2013–present |
In commission | 491 (2015), 492 (2020) |
Planned | 10[1] |
Completed | 2[1] |
Active | 2[1][2] |
General characteristics | |
Type | FAC (Missile) |
Length | 49 m (161 ft)[1] |
Beam | 7.4 m (24 ft) |
Draft | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
Range | 1,800 mi (2,900 km) at cruising speed |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Notes | The hull design of 492 is different from that of the 491. The superstructure of 492 was constructed with aluminium, and the hull with steel. The anti-ship missiles in use are the C-802A instead of the C-802. |
The 49m stealth fast attack craft (Project-PB-049) are a class of locally made fast attack craft of the Myanmar Navy. Unlike the previous class of 5-series class fast attack craft, the design of the 49m stealth fast attack craft utilizes stealth technology.
History
[edit]The hull number 491 is the lead ship of this class, and it was completed in 2013.[3][1] The second ship 492 was completed in 2019, and commissioned on 24 December 2020.
Design
[edit]The 492 is fitted with three waterjet propulsers. The hull design and armaments are slightly altered.[2]
Ships of the class
[edit]Photo | Pennant | Builder | Built | Commissioned | Homeport | Note |
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491 | Myanmar Naval Dockyard | 2013 | 24 December 2012 | Thanlyin | ||
492 | Myanmar Naval Dockyard | 2018 | 24 December 2020[2] | Thanlyin | Hull design slightly altered |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Myanmar First Two Home-Built 49 meter Fast Attack Craft (FAC-M) Delivered to the Navy". navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ a b c Information Team, Tatmadaw (24 December 2020). "(၇၃)နှစ်မြောက်တပ်မတော်(ရေ)နေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ် တိုက်ခိုက်ရေးရေငုပ်သင်္ဘော စစ်ရေယာဉ် (မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ) အပါအဝင် စစ်ရေယာဉ်များ တပ်တော်ဝင်ခြင်း အခမ်းအနား ကျင်းပပြုလုပ်". Tatmadaw. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Myanmar - 49-meter FAC-M". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
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