La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft

The La Combattante IIa fast attack craft is a class of fast attack craft originally built for the German Navy as Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft. They were later transferred to the 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. Two vessels in the class, P-74 and P-75, were fitted with RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a new ESM was fitted after transfer.

Plotarchis Vlachavas at Rhodes Harbour
Class overview
Builders: CMN Lurssen
Operators:
Succeeded by: La Combattante III class
Subclasses:
  • Kaman/Sina class
  • Perdana class
Built: 1973–1974; 1977–present
In commission: 1973–present
Building: 5
Completed: 26
Lost: 2
General characteristics
Type: Fast attack craft
Displacement:
  • 234 tons (standard)
  • 265 tons (full load)
Length: 47 m (154 ft)
Beam: 8 m (26 ft)
Draught: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Installed power:
  • 4 × MTU MD 16V 538 TB90
  • 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) (combined)
Propulsion: Four shafts
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) (maximum)
Range:
  • 570 nautical miles (1,060 km; 660 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
  • 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 30 (4 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Thomson-CSF Triton; G-band
  • Thomson-CSF Castor; I/J-band
  • CSEE Panda optical director
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 Thomson-CSF DR 2000S
Armament:

A version called the Beir Grassa class, of which 10 were built and 8 were operational as of 1995, were used by the Libyan Navy.[3] One had been sunk and another disabled during a 1986 confrontation with US forces.

Iran ordered 12 ships of the same class (known in Iran as Kaman class), nine of which were delivered in 1977 and 1978, and three of which were delayed until 1981 as a result of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.[4] The Iranian fast attack craft Paykan was sunk during Operation Morvarid in 1980, while Joshan was sunk by USS Simpson during Operation Praying Mantis in 1988. These ships are not to be confused with the new Joshan and Paykan, which were named in their memories. Iran built a heavily upgraded version of this class called the Sina class. As of 2012 Iran has built 4 Sina-class vessels and is building 5 more of this class.[5]

Ship list

Perdana class
Main article: Perdana-class missile boat
Pennant
number		 Name Commission Year Class
3501KD Perdana21 December 1972Perdana
3502KD Serang31 January 1973
3503KD Ganas28 February 1973
3504KD Ganyang28 March 1973

Kaman
Pennant
number		 Name Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
P221Kaman19 February 19745 February 19758 January 197612 August 1977In service
P222Xoubin4 April 197514 April 197612 September 1977In service
P223Khadang20 June 197515 July 197615 March 1978In service
P225Joshan5 January 197621 February 197723 March 1978Sunk in 1988
P224Paykan15 October 197512 October 197631 March 1978Sunk in 1980
P226Falakhon15 March 19762 June 1977In service
P227Shamshir14 October 197415 May 197612 September 1977In service
P228Gorz5 August 197628 December 197722 August 1978In service
P229Gardouneh18 October 197623 February 197811 September 1978In service
P230Khanjar17 January 197727 April 19781 August 1981In service
P231Neyzeh12 September 19775 July 1978In service
P232Tabarzin24 June 197715 September 1978In service
Source: Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships (1996)[6]

Combattante IIa class
Pennant
number		 Name Former name Commissioned
By Germany		 Commissioned
by Greece		 Status
P 72Ypoploiarchos Votsisex-Iltis8 January 197328 April 1995In service (2018)
P 73Antiploiarchos Pezopoulosex-Storch17 July 19741 February 1994In service (2018)
P 74Plotarchis Vlachavasex-Marder14 June 197316 February 1995Decommissioned in 2011[7]
P 75Plotarchis Maridakisex-Häher12 June 197428 April 1994In service (2018)
P 76Ypoploiarchos Tournasex-Leopard21 August 197328 September 2000Decommissioned in 2011
P 77Plotarchis Sakipisex-Jaguar21 August 197328 September 2000Decommissioned in 2011

Sina class
Main article: Sina-class fast attack craft § Ships in the class

References
  1. "KD Perdana (3501)". Royal Malaysian Navy. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  2. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/libya/navy-modernization.htm
  3. Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly (2013-06-25). "Libyan Navy joins international exercise - IHS Jane's 360". Janes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  4. Jane's Fighting Ships, 2018–19, Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's By IHS Markit, 2018, p. 390.
  5. رونمایی از زیردریایی فاتح در سال جاری/ ناوشکن‌های کلاس جماران در راهند. Fars News Agency (in Persian). Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, pp. 186–187, ISBN 978-1557501325
  7. Decommissioning of 4 ships of the Hellenic Navy on June 9, 2011
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