| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | TNC 45 |
| Builders | Lürssen |
| In commission | 1984–present |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fast attack boat |
| Displacement | 285 tonnes |
| Length | 46 m (150 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | 4x diesel engines, 11,480 kW (15,390 hp), 4x CP propeller |
| Speed | 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) |
| Troops | 3 |
| Complement | 33 |
| Armament |
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The Lürssen TNC 45 is a globally exported fast attack craft design by Lürssen. The design first entered service in 1984 with the Royal Bahrain Navy as the Ahmed Al Fateh class.
The design has a standard loadout but armament and sensor packages are varied across different national specifications.
Construction and design
editShips in the class
edit Royal Bahrain Naval Force - Ahmed Al Fateh class-class Guided-missile patrol craft
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| Name | Hull number | Shipyard | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | |||||
| Ahmed Al Fateh | P-20 | 1984 | In service | ||||||||
| Al Jaberi | P-21 | 1984 | In service | ||||||||
| Abdul Rahman Al-Fadel | P-22 | 1986 | In service | ||||||||
| Sabah | P-23 | 1989 | In service | ||||||||
 Argentine Navy - Intrépida-class fast attack craft
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| Intrépida | P-85 | 1970 | July 1974 | In service | |||||||
| Indómita | P-86 | 1970 | December 1974 | In service | |||||||
 United Arab Emirates Navy - Ban-Yas-class fast attack craft
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| Baniyas | P-151 | In service | |||||||||
| Marban | P-152 | In service | |||||||||
| Rodqum | P-153 | In service | |||||||||
| Shaheen | P-154 | In service | |||||||||
| Saqar | P-155 | In service | |||||||||
| Tarif | P-156 | In service | |||||||||
 Republic of Singapore Navy - Sea Wolf-class missile gunboat
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| Sea Wolf | P-76 | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | |||||||||
| Sea Lion | P-77 | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | |||||||||
| Sea Dragon | P-78 | ST Marine (under license) | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | ||||||||
| Sea Tiger | P-79 | ST Marine (under license) | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | ||||||||
| Sea Hawk | P-80 | ST Marine (under license) | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | ||||||||
| Sea Scorpion | P-81 | ST Marine (under license) | Decomissioned, May 13 2008[1] | ||||||||
 Kuwait Navy - Al Sanbouk-class fast attack craft
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| Al Boom | P-4501 | Captured and subsequently sunk during Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. | |||||||||
| Al Betteel | P-4503 | ||||||||||
| Al Sambouk | P-4505 | In service | |||||||||
| Al Saadi | P-4506 | Captured and subsequently sunk during Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. | |||||||||
| Al Abdali | P-4509 | ||||||||||
| Al Mubareki | P-4511 | ||||||||||
 Ecuadorian Navy - Quito-class fast attack craft
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| Quito | LM-31 | November 20 1975[2] | In service | ||||||||
| Guayaquil | LM-32 | In service | |||||||||
| Cuenca | LM-33 | In service | |||||||||
Service history
editCitations
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Missile Gunboats Retire After 33 Years of Distinguished Service". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "LAE Quito LM-21 Launch and christening". Digital repository of Ecuador's maritime historical memory. Retrieved 31 July 2022.