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SAKIET SIDI YOUSSEF submarine chaser (1955/1969)


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Sakiet Sidi Youssef 1980  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
سكيت سدي يوسف [Sakiet Sidi Youssef] (ex-UW12) P303   A C Dubigeon, Nantes, France   1954 1955 // 12.1969 discarded 1988


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

325

Displacement full, t

400

Length, m

53.1

Breadth, m

7.30

Draught, m

3.10

No of shafts2
Machinery

4 SEMT-Pielstick diesels

Power, h. p.

3240

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)3000(12)
Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

Decca radar, DUBA-2 sonar

Complement62


Standard scale images


<i>Sakiet Sidi Youssef </i>1970
Sakiet Sidi Youssef 1970


Graphics


<i>Sakiet Sidi Youssef </i>1980  
Sakiet Sidi Youssef 1980  


Project history Originally ordered by the USA as a part of a NATO order in France, where a whole series of this type was built.

Originally ordered by the USA as a part of a NATO order in France, where a whole series of this type was built. Belonging to the La Fougueux class she was commissioned in 1955 by the USN together with a sister ship and was given the pennant number P1618. Taken over by Germany in 1957, she was commissioned as Type 179 and was used as training boat for the underwater weapons school. Bought by Tunisia 16.6.1970 after transfer in December 1969.

Modernizations

mid-1970: - 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT