FACM Class La Combattante IIa
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Fast Attack Craft Missile Class La Combattante IIa were originally built for the German Navy as Type 148 Tiger class fast attack craft. When they were transferred to Hellenic Navy, the class was renamed Combattante IIa, as with similar French made ships. All the ships were under mid-life updates in 1980s. P 74-75 were fitted with AGM-84 Harpoons and a new ESM was fitted after transfer.
[edit] Units
| Pennant number |
Name | Former name | Commissioned By Germany |
Commissioned by Greece |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P 72 | YPOPLOIARCHOS VOTSIS | ex-Iltis | 8 January 1973 | 28 April 1995 |
| P 73 | ANTIPLOIARCHOS PEZOPOULOS | ex-Storch | 17 July 1974 | 1 February 1994 |
| P 74 | PLOTARCHIS VLAHAVAS | ex-Marder | 14 June 1973 | 16 February 1995 |
| P 75 | PLOTARCHIS MARIDAKIS | ex-Häher | 12 June 1974 | 28 April 1994 |
| P 76 | YPOPLOIARCHOS TOURNAS | ex-Leopard | 21 August 1973 | 28 September 2000 |
| P 77 | PLOTARCHIS SAKIPIS | ex-Jaguar | 21 August 1973 | 28 September 2000 |
[edit] Specifications
- Displacement, tons:234 , 265 full load
- Length (m): 47
- Beam (m): 8
- Draught (m): 2.1
- Speed (knots): 36
- Main machinery:4 MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesels; 12,000 hp(m) (8.82 MW) sustained; 4 shafts
- Range, miles:570 at 30 kt; 1,600 at 15 kt
- Crew: 30 (4 officers)
- Missiles: SSM: 4 Aerospatiale MM 38 Exocet (2 twin) launchers (P 72-73); inertial cruise; active radar homing to 42 km (23 n miles) at 0.9 Mach; warhead 165 kg; sea-skimmer.
4 McDonnell Douglas Harpoon (2 twin) launchers (P 74-75); active radar homing to 130 km (70 n miles) at 0.9 Mach; warhead 227 kg.
- Guns: 1 OTO Melara 3 in (76 mm)/62 compact; 85 rds/min to 16 km (8.6 n miles) anti-surface; 12 km (6.5 n miles) anti-aircraft; weight of shell 6 kg.
1 Bofors 40 mm/70; 330 rds/min to 12 km (6.5 n miles) anti-surface; 4 km (2.2 n miles) anti-aircraft; weight of shell 0.96 kg; fitted with GRP dome (1984).
- Mines: Laying capability
- Countermeasures: Decoys: Wolke chaff launchers
- ESM: Thomson-CSF DR 2000S; intercept.
- Combat data systems: PALIS and Link 11.
- Weapons control:CSEE Panda optical director. Thomson-CSF Vega PCET system, controlling missiles and guns.
- Radars:Air/surface search: Thomson-CSF Triton; G-band; range 33 km (18 n miles) for 2 m2 target.
- Navigation: SMA 3 RM 20; I-band.
- Fire control: Thomson-CSF Castor; I/J-band.
- Structure: Steel hull
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