La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft
![]() Plotarchis Vlachavas at Rhodes Harbour
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Class overview | |
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Builders | CMN Lurssen |
Operators | |
Succeeded by | La Combattante III class |
Subclasses |
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Built | 1973–1974; 1977–present |
In commission | 1973–present |
Building | 5 |
Completed | 26 |
Lost | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fast attack craft |
Displacement |
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Length | 47 m (154 ft) |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft) |
Draught | 2.1 m (7 ft) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Four shafts |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) (maximum) |
Range |
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Complement | 30 (4 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Thomson-CSF DR 2000S |
Armament |
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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[]
Pennant number |
Name | Commission Year | Class |
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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 |
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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 |
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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[]
References[]
- ^ "KD Perdana (3501)". Royal Malaysian Navy. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Navy".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jane's Fighting Ships, 2018–19, Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's By IHS Markit, 2018, p. 390.
- ^ رونمایی از زیردریایی فاتح در سال جاری/ ناوشکنهای کلاس جماران در راهند. Fars News Agency (in Persian). Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ Decommissioning of 4 ships of the Hellenic Navy on June 9, 2011
External links[]
- [1][dead link]
- Hellenic Navy official site
- Missile boats of the Hellenic Navy
- Missile boat classes
- 1970s ships
- Ship classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy