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WAHEED landing craft (1971-1975)


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Waheed 1974

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
واحد [Waheed]     Vosper Thornycroft Private, Singapore     5/1971 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (واحد [Waheed])
فريد [Fareed]     Vosper Thornycroft Private, Singapore     5/1971 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (فريد [Fareed])
رجا [Regga]     Vosper Thornycroft Private, Singapore     11/1975 captured by Iraq 2.8.1990 (رجا [Regga])


Technical data


Displacement standard, t88
Displacement full, t170
Length, m

27.0
Breadth, m6.90
Draught, m1.30
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 Rolls-Royce C8M-410 diesels
Power, h. p.750
Max speed, kts

10
Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)1500(9)
Armament

none
Military load40 t cargo, 8 troops
Electronic equipment

presumably radar
Complement8


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<i>Waheed </i>1974
Waheed 1974


Project history

Landing craft, ordered by Ministry of Interior. Supported landing parties working on islands offshore.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All were captured by Iraqi forces during invasion in August 1990.