User:Lcawte/Lürssen TNC 45
Appearance
Class overview | |
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Name | TNC 45 |
Builders | Lürssen |
In commission | 1984–present |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fast attack boat |
Displacement | 285 tonnes |
Length | 46 m (150 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
Draft | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 4x diesel engines, 11,480 kW (15,390 hp), 4x CP propeller |
Speed | 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) |
Troops | 3 |
Complement | 33 |
Armament |
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The Lürssen TNC 45 is a globally exported fast attack craft design by Lürssen. The design first entered service in 1984 with the Royal Bahrain Navy as the Ahmed Al Fateh class.
The design has a standard loadout but armament and sensor packages are varied across different national specifications.
Construction and design
[edit]Ships in the class
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Name | Hull number | Shipyard | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | |||||
Ahmed Al Fateh | P-20 | 1984 | In service | ||||||||
Al Jaberi | P-21 | 1984 | In service | ||||||||
Abdul Rahman Al-Fadel | P-22 | 1986 | In service | ||||||||
Sabah | P-23 | 1989 | In service | ||||||||
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Intrépida | P-85 | 1970 | July 1974 | In service | |||||||
Indómita | P-86 | 1970 | December 1974 | In service | |||||||
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Baniyas | P-151 | In service | |||||||||
Marban | P-152 | In service | |||||||||
Rodqum | P-153 | In service | |||||||||
Shaheen | P-154 | In service | |||||||||
Saqar | P-155 | In service | |||||||||
Tarif | P-156 | In service | |||||||||
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Sea Wolf | P-76 | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | |||||||||
Sea Lion | P-77 | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | |||||||||
Sea Dragon | P-78 | ST Marine (under license) | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | ||||||||
Sea Tiger | P-79 | ST Marine (under license) | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | ||||||||
Sea Hawk | P-80 | ST Marine (under license) | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | ||||||||
Sea Scorpion | P-81 | ST Marine (under license) | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | ||||||||
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Al Boom | P-4501 | Captured and subsequently sunk during Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. | |||||||||
Al Betteel | P-4503 | ||||||||||
Al Sambouk | P-4505 | In service | |||||||||
Al Saadi | P-4506 | Captured and subsequently sunk during Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. | |||||||||
Al Abdali | P-4509 | ||||||||||
Al Mubareki | P-4511 | ||||||||||
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Quito | LM-31 | November 20 1975[2] | In service | ||||||||
Guayaquil | LM-32 | In service | |||||||||
Cuenca | LM-33 | In service |
Service history
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Missile Gunboats Retire After 33 Years of Distinguished Service". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "LAE Quito LM-21 Launch and christening". Digital repository of Ecuador's maritime historical memory. Retrieved 31 July 2022.