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DJEBEL CHENOUA corvettes (1988-2002)


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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



Standard scale images


<i>Djebel Chenoua </i>2010
Djebel Chenoua 2010


Graphics


<i>El Chihab </i>2005
El Chihab 2005


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.