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SIRI fast attack craft (missile) (1981)


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Ayam 2002

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Siri P181   CMN, Cherbourg, France 15.5.1979 3.6.1980 19.2.1981 in service (2019)
Ayam P182   CMN, Cherbourg, France 7.9.1979 10.11.1980 11.6.1981 in service (2019)
Ekun P183   CMN, Cherbourg, France 19.11.1979 11.2.1981 18.9.1981 in service (2019)


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Siri P181   CMN, Cherbourg, France 15.5.1979 3.6.1980 19.2.1981 in service (2019) Ayam P182   CMN, Cherbourg, France 7.9.1979 10.11.1980 11.6.1981 in service (2019) Ekun P183   CMN, Cherbourg, France 19.11.1979 11.2.1981 18.9.1981 in service (2019)

Technical data


Displacement standard, t

385
Displacement full, t

425
Length, m

53.0 wl 56.0 oa
Breadth, m

7.61 wl 8.16 oa
Draught, m

2.10
No of shafts

4
Machinery

4 MTU MD 16V956 TB92 diesels
Power, h. p.

20000
Max speed, kts

37
Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

2000(15)
Armament

4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec EX-30
Electronic equipment

Decca 1226C, Triton-S, Castor II radars, 2x Panda e/o systems, RDL ECM suite
Complement

42


Standard scale images


<i>Siri </i>1990
Siri 1990


Graphics


<i>Ayam </i>2002
Ayam 2002


Project history

French Combattante IIIB design, ordered in 1977. Did not leave France until 9.5.1982 when Nigeria completed payment.

Modernizations

early 2000s, all: - 4 x 1 MM38 SSM (missiles were time-expired)

Naval service

Siri was inoperable and used for cannibalization from 1995 to 2003 but was again active by 2005.