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IRAQI NAVY (IRAQ)

COASTAL FORCES

No1 river patrol boats

Names

رقم1 <No1>, 1960s- عبد الرحمن <Abd al Rahman>; رقم2 <No2>, 1960s- غازى <Al Ghazi>; رقم3 <No3>, 1960s- ? <Dat Al Diyari>; رقم4 <No4>, 1960s- ? <Jannada>

Builders

Thornycroft, Southampton, UK

Commissioned

summer 1937: No1 - 4

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: Abd al Rahman, Al Ghazi, Dat Al Diyari, Jannada

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

67

Length, m

30.5

Breadth, m

5.18

Draught, m

0.91

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Thornycroft diesels

Power, h. p.

280

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Armament

1 x 1 - 94/12 Mtn howitzer, 2 x 1 - 81/12 Stokes mortars, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94

Complement

 

Ship project history: Diesel-engined boats armed with army guns, intended for service on Tiger and Euphrates. Boats had bullet-proof plating.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Boats were no longer serviceable after war and used as barrack vessels.

1937

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