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WADI M'RAGH missile corvettes (1979-1981)


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Wadi M'Ragh 1979

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
وادي مارغ [Wadi M'Ragh], 1981-  أسد البحر [Assad Al Bihar] 412   CNR, Riva Trigoso, Italy 25.5.1976 29.4.1977 14.9.1977 abandoned 1993
وادي ماجر [Wadi Majer], 1981- أسد التجر [Assad Al Tougour] 413   CNR, Riva Trigoso, Italy 25.5.1976 20.4.1978 12.2.1980 abandoned 1993
وادي مارست [Wadi Marseat], 1981- أسد الكليج [Assad Al Kalij] 414   CNR, Riva Trigoso, Italy 26.10.1977 15.12.1978 28.3.1981 abandoned 1993
وادي مغراوة [Wadi Magrawa], 1981- أسد الحدود [Assad Al Hudud] 415   CNR, Riva Trigoso, Italy 25.5.1978 21.6.1979 28.3.1981 abandoned 1993


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

547

Displacement full, t

630

Length, m

57.8 pp 61.7 oa

Breadth, m

9.30

Draught, m

2.70

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels

Power, h. p.

16400

Max speed, kts

34

Fuel, t

diesel oil 126

Endurance, nm(kts)

4150(18)

Armament

4 x 1 Otomat Mk 1 SSM (4 Otomat Mk 1), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 35/90 GDM-A, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT, 16 mines (instead of SSM)

Electronic equipment

RAN-11L/X, Decca TM1226, RTN-10X radars, Diodon sonar, INS-1 ECM suite, IPN-10 CCS

Complement

58



Standard scale images


<i>Wadi M'Ragh </i>1980
Wadi M'Ragh 1980


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<i>Wadi M'Ragh </i>1979
Wadi M'Ragh 1979


Project history

Slower than comparably armed FAC but with much greater range and seakeeping qualities. Four more were ordered in 1980 but never received by Libyans. Completion was delayed by prolonged trials.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.