La Combattante IIa Class Fast Attack Craft
Fast Attack Craft Missile Class La Combattante IIa were originally built for the German Navy as Type 148 Tiger class fast attack craft. They were later transferred to Hellenic Navy and the class was renamed Combattante IIa, as with similar French made ships. All the ships were under mid-life updates in 1980s. P-74 and P-75 were fitted with RGM-84 Harpoons and a new ESM was fitted after transfer.
A version called the "Beir Grassa" class of which 10 were built and 8 were operational as of 1995. They were used by the Libyan Navy
Iran received 12 ships of the same class (known in Iran as Kaman class) between 1977 and 1981. The Iranian guided missile gunboat Paykan was sunk during Operation Morvarid in 1980, while the guided missile gunboat Joshan was sunk during Operation Praying Mantis in 1988. These ship must not be confused with the new Joshan and Paykan which were named in their memories. Iran builds a heavily upgraded version of this ship called Sina class, as of 2012 Iran has built 4 Sina class ship and is building 3 more of the same class.
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