Libyan Navy - Ships (1985)

Ships (1985)

  • 1 × Vosper Mk.7 frigate, Dat Assawari, (Built in UK, 1×114 mm Mk.8 gun, 2×40 mm/70 AA guns, 2×35mm/90 Oerlikon, 2×Seacat SAM, 1×Limbo Mk.10 ASW mortar. Upgraded in the 80s with Aspide SAM, OTOMAT SSMs, new search radar and other equipment)
  • 4 × Assad class corvettes (Built in Italy, 1×76 and 2×35 mm guns, 6 tls, 4 OTOMAT)
  • 3 of 4 × Nanuchka class corvettes, one sunk by US Navy in 1985. One damaged 25 March 1986, repaired in USSR 1990
  • Some light units of Osa and Jaguar class (16×SS-12 missiles and 2×40 mm)
  • 3 × Polnocny class landing ships
  • One LSD ship
  • Some minor vessels

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