Detailed information on MCV
(Squadron 188)   

 

Name No Builders Launched Commissioned
VICTORY P 88 Lurssen Werft, Bremen 8 June 1988 18 Aug 1990
VALOUR P 89 Singapore SB and Marine 10 Dec 1988 18 Aug 1990
VIGILANCE P 90 Singapore SB and Marine 27 Apr 1989 18 Aug 1990
VALIANT P 91 Singapore SB and Marine 22 July 1989 25 May 1991
VIGOUR P 92 Singapore SB and Marine 1 Dec 1989 25 May 1991
VENGEANCE P 93 Singapore SB and Marine 23 Feb 1990 25 May 1991

 

Displacement (tons) 595 full load
Dimensions, feet (metres) 204.7 oa; 190.3 wl * 27.9 * 10.2 ( 62.4; 58 * 8.5 * 3.1 )
Main machinery 4 MTU 16V 538 TB93 diesels; 15,020 hp (m) (11 MV) sustained; 4 shafts
Speed, knots 35
Range, miles 4,000 at 18 kts
Complement 49 ( 8 officers)
Missiles SSM: 8 McDonnell Douglas Harpoon; active radar homing to 130 km ( 70 n miles ) at 0.9 Mach; warhead 227 kg.
SAM : 2 Octuple IAI/Rafael Barak I radar or optical guidance to 10 km ( 5.5 m) at 2 Mach; warhead 22 kg.
Guns 1 OTO Melara 3 in ( 76 mm )/62 Super Rapid; 85 degrees elevation; 120 rds/min to 16 km ( 8.7 n miles); weight to shell 6 kg.
4 CIS 50 12.7 mm MGs.
Torpedoes 6-324 mm Whitehead B 515 ( 2 triple ) tubes. Whitehead A 244S; anti-submarine; active/passive homing to 7 km ( 3.8 n miles ) at 33 kt; warhead 34 kg ( shaped charge ).
Countermeasures Decoys: 2 Plessey Shield 9-barreled chaff launchers. 4 Rafael ( 2 twin ) long-range chaff launchers to be fitted below the bridge wings.
ESM: Elisra SEWS; intercept
ECM: Rafael RAN 1101; Jammer
Combat data systems Elbit command system. SATCOM
Weapons control Elbit MSIS optronic director
Radars Surface search: Ericsson/Radamec Sea Giraffe 150 HC; G/H-band.
Navigation: Kelvin Hughes 1007; I-band.
Fire control: 2 Elta EL/M-2221(X); I/J/K-band.
Sonars Thomson Sintra TSM 2064; VDS; active search and attack.

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