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El Chihab 2005

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
دجيبل شنوا [Djebel Chenoua]	351		ECRN, Mers-el-Kebir		3.2.1985	11/1988	in service (2019)
الشهاب [El Chihab]	352		ECRN, Mers-el-Kebir		2/1990	6/1995	in service (2019)
القرش [Al Kirch]	353		ECRN, Mers-el-Kebir		7/2000	2002	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	500
Displacement full, t	540
Length, m	54.0 pp 58.4 oa
Breadth, m	8.40
Draught, m	2.60
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 MTU 20V538 TB92 diesels
Power, h. p.	12600
Max speed, kts	35
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	351, 352: 1 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 2 - 25/82 type 61 353: 2 x 2 C802 SSM (4 C802), 1 x 1 - 76/59 AK-176, 1 x 6 - 30/54 AK-306
Electronic equipment	Decca 1226, surf. search, surf./air search, GFC radars, e/o system, ECM suite, 2x decoy RL
Complement	55

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Project history

Algerian/Bulgarian design C58. Difficulties in fitting out the prototype forced suspension of work on the latter pair. Were originally to have been armed with 76mm OTO-Melara Compact and twin 40mm Bred-Bofors mounts with optronic directors but first two were commissioned with very weak armament. Almost all electronic has Chinese origin.

Modernizations

2001-2002, Djebel Chenoua, El Chihab: - 1 x 2 - 30/71, 2 x 2 - 25/82; + 2 x 2 C802 SSM (4 C802), 1 x 1 - 76/59 AK-176, 1 x 6 - 30/54 AK-306

Naval service

No significant events.