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Ekpe 1998

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ekpe	P178		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany	17.2.1979	17.12.1979	8.1980	in service (2019)
Damisa	P179		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany	17.2.1979	27.3.1980	4.1981	in service (2019)
Agu	P180		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany	17.2.1979	7.11.1980	4.1981	cannibalized 1992-95, formally in the navy list (2019)

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Ekpe P178   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany 17.2.1979 17.12.1979 8.1980 in service (2019) Damisa P179   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany 17.2.1979 27.3.1980 4.1981 in service (2019) Agu P180   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany 17.2.1979 7.11.1980 4.1981 cannibalized 1992-95, formally in the navy list (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	373
Displacement full, t	436
Length, m	54.4 wl 58.1 oa
Breadth, m	7.62
Draught, m	2.83 propellers
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 MTU 16V956 TB92 diesels
Power, h. p.	20000
Max speed, kts	38
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2600(16)
Armament	4 x 1 Otomat Mk 1 SSM (4 Otomat Mk 1), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec EX-30
Electronic equipment	Decca 1226C, WM-28 radars, RDL ECM suite
Complement	40

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Project history

Lürssen FPB57 design, type 143 with different armament. Planned 533mm TTs were never installed.

Modernizations

mid-1990s, all: - 4 x 1 Otomat Mk 1 SSM (missiles were time-expired)

Naval service

Agu formally remains in Navy list (2019), really she was cannibalized in the early 1990s to provide spares for other two. Ekpe and Damisa were refitted in 1995 but by 1997 had again become inoperable. Ekpe broke down en route during attempt to be deployed to Sierra Leone in 1997.