La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft

Plotarchis Vlachavas at Rhodes Harbour
Class overview
Builders	CMN Lurssen
Operators	German Navy Hellenic Navy Royal Malaysian Navy Libyan Navy Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Succeeded by	Template:Sclass2-
Subclasses	Kaman/Sina class Perdana class
Built	1973–1974; 1977–present
In commission	1973–present
Building	5
Completed	26
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft
Displacement	234 tons (standard) 265 tons (full load)
Length	47 m (154 ft)
Beam	8 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.1 m (7 ft)
Installed power	4 × MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) (combined)
Propulsion	Four shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) (maximum)
Range	570 nautical miles (1,060 km; 660 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	30 (4 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Thomson-CSF Triton; G-band Thomson-CSF Castor; I/J-band CSEE Panda optical director
Electronic warfare & decoys	Thomson-CSF DR 2000S
Armament	1 × Bofors 57 mm gun or 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm gun 1 × Bofors 40 mm/70 gun 4 × Exocet SSM (2x2) or 4 x Harpoon SSM (2x2) Minelaying capability

The La Combattante IIa fast attack craft is a class of fast attack craft originally built for the German Navy as Type 148 Template:Sclass-. They were later transferred to the Hellenic Navy and the class was renamed Combattante IIa, as with similar French made ships. All the ships were under mid-life updates in 1980s. Two vessels in the class, P-74 and P-75, were fitted with RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a new ESM was fitted after transfer.

A version called the Beir Grassa class, of which 10 were built and 8 were operational as of 1995, were used by the Libyan Navy. One had been sunk and another disabled during a 1986 confrontation with US forces.

Iran ordered 12 ships of the same class (known in Iran as Kaman class), nine of which were delivered in 1977 and 1978, and three of which were delayed until 1981 as a result of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Paykan was sunk during Operation Morvarid in 1980, while Joshan was sunk by USS Simpson during Operation Praying Mantis in 1988. These ships are not to be confused with the new Joshan and Paykan, which were named in their memories. Iran built a heavily upgraded version of this class called the Sina class. As of 2012 Iran has built 4 Sina-class vessels and is building 5 more of this class.

Ship list

Perdana class

Pennant number	Name	Commission Year	Class
3501	KD Perdana	21 December 1972	Perdana
3502	KD Serang	31 January 1973
3503	KD Ganas	28 February 1973
3504	KD Ganyang	28 March 1973

Kaman

Pennant number	Name	Commission Year	Class
P221	Kaman	1977	Kaman
P222	Xoubin	1977	Kaman
P223	Khadang	1978	Kaman
P224	Paykan	1978	Kaman
P225	Joshan	1978	Kaman
P226	Falakhon	1978	Kaman
P227	Shamshir	1978	Kaman
P228	Gorz	1978	Kaman
P229	Gardouneh	1978	Kaman
P230	Khanjar	1981	Kaman
P231	Neyzeh	1981	Kaman
P232	Tabarzin	1981	Kaman

Combattante IIa class

Pennant number	Name	Former name	Commissioned By Germany	Commissioned by Greece	Status
P 72	Ypoploiarchos Votsis	ex-Iltis	8 January 1973	28 April 1995	In service (2018)
P 73	Antiploiarchos Pezopoulos	ex-Storch	17 July 1974	1 February 1994	In service (2018)
P 74	Plotarchis Vlachavas	ex-Marder	14 June 1973	16 February 1995	Decommissioned in 2011
P 75	Plotarchis Maridakis	ex-Häher	12 June 1974	28 April 1994	In service (2018)
P 76	Ypoploiarchos Tournas	ex-Leopard	21 August 1973	28 September 2000	Decommissioned in 2011
P 77	Plotarchis Sakipis	ex-Jaguar	21 August 1973	28 September 2000	Decommissioned in 2011

Sina class

Pennant number	Name	Commission Year	Class
P224	Paykan	2003	Sina
P225	Joshan	2006	Sina
P233	Derafsh	2008	Sina
P234	Separ	2017	Sina
?	Sina 5	Under Construction	Sina
?	Sina 6	Under Construction	Sina
?	Sina 7	Under Construction	Sina
?	Sina 8	Under Construction	Sina
?	Sina 9	Under Construction	Sina

External links

• [1]
• Hellenic Navy official site