La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft

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Plotarhis Vlakavas P 74.jpg
Plotarchis Vlachavas at Rhodes Harbour
Class overview
BuildersCMN Lurssen
Operators
Succeeded byLa Combattante III class
Subclasses
  • Kaman/Sina class
  • Perdana class
Built1973–1974; 1977–present
In commission1973–present
Building5
Completed26
Lost2
General characteristics
TypeFast attack craft
Displacement
  • 234 tons (standard)
  • 265 tons (full load)
Length47 m (154 ft)
Beam8 m (26 ft)
Draught2.1 m (7 ft)
Installed power
  • 4 × MTU MD 16V 538 TB90
  • 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) (combined)
PropulsionFour shafts
Speed36 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)
Complement30 (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

The La Combattante IIa fast attack craft is a class of fast attack craft originally built for the German Navy as Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft. 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.[3] 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.[4] The Iranian fast attack craft was sunk during Operation Morvarid in 1980, while 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.[5]

Ship list[]

Perdana class[]

Main article: Perdana-class missile boat
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 Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
P221 Kaman 19 February 1974 5 February 1975 8 January 1976 12 August 1977 In service
P222 Xoubin 4 April 1975 14 April 1976 12 September 1977 In service
P223 Khadang 20 June 1975 15 July 1976 15 March 1978 In service
P225 5 January 1976 21 February 1977 23 March 1978 Sunk in 1988
P224 15 October 1975 12 October 1976 31 March 1978 Sunk in 1980
P226 Falakhon 15 March 1976 2 June 1977 In service
P227 Shamshir 14 October 1974 15 May 1976 12 September 1977 In service
P228 Gorz 5 August 1976 28 December 1977 22 August 1978 In service
P229 Gardouneh 18 October 1976 23 February 1978 11 September 1978 In service
P230 Khanjar 17 January 1977 27 April 1978 1 August 1981 In service
P231 Neyzeh 12 September 1977 5 July 1978 In service
P232 Tabarzin 24 June 1977 15 September 1978 In service
Source: Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships (1996)[6]

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[7]
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[]

Main article: Sina-class fast attack craft § Ships in the class

References[]

  1. ^ "KD Perdana (3501)". Royal Malaysian Navy. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Navy".
  3. ^ Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly (2013-06-25). "Libyan Navy joins international exercise - IHS Jane's 360". Janes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  4. ^ Jane's Fighting Ships, 2018–19, Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's By IHS Markit, 2018, p. 390.
  5. ^ رونمایی از زیردریایی فاتح در سال جاری/ ناوشکن‌های کلاس جماران در راهند. Fars News Agency (in Persian). Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. ^ Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, pp. 186–187, ISBN 978-1557501325
  7. ^ Decommissioning of 4 ships of the Hellenic Navy on June 9, 2011

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