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AL BUSHRA patrol boats (1973)


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Al Mansoor 1978  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
البشرى [Al Bushra] B1   Broke Marine, Lowestoft, UK     22.1.1973 foundered 28.11.1978
المنصور [Al Mansur] B2   Broke Marine, Lowestoft, UK     26.3.1973 stricken 1986
النجاح [Al Najah] B3   Broke Marine, Lowestoft, UK     13.5.1973 stricken 1983


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

135
Displacement full, t

153
Length, m

37.5
Breadth, m

6.65
Draught, m

1.65
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 Paxman Ventura 16RP200 diesels
Power, h. p.

4800
Max speed, kts

25
Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

3250(12)
Armament

2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564
Electronic equipment

Decca TM916 radar
Complement

29


Standard scale images


<i>Al Mansur </i>1985
Al Mansur 1985


Graphics


<i>Al Mansoor </i> 1978  
Al Mansoor 1978  


Project history

Ordered in 1971. Brooke Marine 37.5m class.

Modernizations

1978, all: - 2 x 1 - 40/70, Decca TM916 radar; + 2 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (2 MM38), 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, Decca 1229 radar, Sea Archer e/o system

Naval service

Al Bushra 28.11.1978 was washed off the delivery ship in the Bay of Biscay while shipped home after modernization.