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BILQIS medium landing ship (2002)


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Bilqis 2001

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
بلقيس [Bilqis]     Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej, Gdynia, Poland 2000 7.2001 24.5.2002 in service (2020)


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate بلقيس [Bilqis]     Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej, Gdynia, Poland 2000 7.2001 24.5.2002 in service (2020)

Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1150

Displacement full, t

1410

Length, m

79.0 pp 88.6 oa

Breadth, m

9.90

Draught, m

2.36

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3516B diesels

Power, h. p.

5670

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3600(12)

Armament

2 x 4 Fasta-4M SAM (16 2M32M Strela-2M), 1 x 6 - 30/54 AK-630, 1 x 2 - 23/87 ZU-23-2 Wrobel-1, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79, 2 x 20 - 122 WM-122/20 RL, helicopter deck

Military load

5 tanks, 111 troops or 290 t cargo

Electronic equipment

surf. search, nav. radars, ORLO, Sarmat-1 e/o systems, Jastrzab-2 decoy RL

Complement

49



Standard scale images


<i>Bilqis </i>2010
Bilqis 2010


Graphics


<i>Bilqis </i>2001
Bilqis 2001


Project history

Polish project NS-722 medium landing ship. Developed for India but not purchased. Intended for use as cadet training ship and for disaster relief in addition to amphibious warfare role. 11.7x9.8 helicopter deck can receive AB-205 helicopter.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.