La Combattante III Class Fast Attack Craft - Specifications

Specifications

  • Displacement, tons: 359 standard; 425 full load
  • Length (m): 56.2
  • Beam (m): 8
  • Draught (m): 2.1
  • Range (NM): 700 at 32 kn; 2,500 at 15 kn
  • Speed (knots):36
  • Main machinery: 4 MTU 20V 538 TB92 diesels; 17,060 hp(m) (12.54 MW) sustained; 4 shafts (P 20-23)
  • Crew: 42 (5 officers)
  • Missiles: SSM: 4 AĆ©rospatiale mm 38 Exocet; inertial cruise; active radar homing to 42 km (23 NM) at 0.9 Mach; warhead 165 kg.
  • Guns: 2 OTO Melara 3 inch (76 mm)/62 compact; 85 rounds/min to 16 km (8.6 NM) anti-surface; 12 km (6.5 NM) anti-aircraft; weight of shell 6 kg.

4 Emerson Electric 30 mm (2 twin); multipurpose; 1,200 rounds/min combined to 6 km (3.2 NM); weight of shell 0.35 kg.

  • Torpedoes: 2-21 in (533 mm)aft tubes. AEG SST-4; anti-surface; wire-guided; active homing to 12 km (6.5 NM) at 35 kt; passive homing to 28 km (15 NM) at 23 kn; warhead 250 kg.
  • Countermeasures: Decoys: Wegmann chaff launchers.

ESM: Thomson-CSF DR 2000S; intercept.

  • Weapons control: 2 CSEE Panda optical directors for 30 mm guns. Thomson-CSF Vega I or II system (P 20-P 23). NFT PFCS-2 (P 24-P 29).
  • Radars: Surface search: Thomson-CSF Triton; G-band; range 33 km (18 NM) for 2 m2 target.

Navigation: Decca 1226C; I-band. Fire control: Thomson-CSF Castor II; I/J-band; range 31 km (17 NM) for 2 m2 target.

Ship classes of the Hellenic Navy
Frigates
  • Hydra class
  • Elli class
Gunboats
  • Thetis class
  • Osprey 55 class
  • Osprey HSY-56A class
  • Asheville class
Submarines
  • Glafkos class - Neptune I
  • Poseidon class - Neptune II
  • Papanikolis class
Fast attack craft
  • Roussen class
  • La Combattante III class
  • La Combattante IIIb class
  • La Combattante IIa class
Mine Warfare Ships
  • Hunt class mine hunters
  • Osprey class mine hunters
  • MSC-294 class minesweepers
Landing Vessels
  • Jason class LSTs
  • Zubr class LCACs
  • Barbe class

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