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MAYMOON patrol boats (1968-1972/1990)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

ميمون [Maymoon] أمان [Aman] الشرطي [Al Shurti] مرزوق [Marzook] مشهور [Mashhoor] مرشد [Murshed] واظح [Wathah] إنتصار [Intisar]

Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: Maymoon, Aman

Vosper-Thornycroft, Portchester, UK: Al Shurti, Marzook, Mashhoor, Murshed, Wathah, Intisar

1968 // 1990: Maymoon, Aman

1969 // 1990: Marzook, Mashhoor

1970 // 1990: Murshed, Wathah

1972 // 1990: Al Shurti, Intisar

Maymoon (1-2/1991), Aman (1-2/1991), Al Shurti (1-2/1991), Marzook (1-2/1991), Mashhoor (1-2/1991), Murshed (1-2/1991), Wathah (1-2/1991), Intisar (1-2/1991)

none

none



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

40

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

27.8

Breadth, m

4.73

Draught, m

1.38

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Rolls-Royce 8-cyl diesels

Power, h. p.

1340

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

700(15)

Armament

small arms

Electronic equipment

Decca 202 radar

Complement

12



Project history

Coastal patrol boats of Kuwaiti Navy, captured in August 1990 during invasion. Welded steel hull, aluminum superstructure. Designed to have 1 40mm gun.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All were lost or returned to Kuwait during Desert Storm operation in 1991.