Damsah class Fast Attack Missile Craft FACM Qatari Navy

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Damsah class Fast Attack Missile Craft

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Ships:

Unit	Launched	Commissioned	STATUS	Namesake
Q01 QENS Damsah	June 1982	November 10, 1982	ACTIVE?	دعمش - Damsah ?
Q02 QENS Al Ghariya	September 1982	February 10, 1983	ACTIVE	الجهرية - Al Ghariya (beach), Qatar
Q03 QENS Rbigah	December 1982	May 11, 1983	ACTIVE	ربجة - Rbigah ?

Specifications:

Builder: Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN), Cherbourg, France

Displacement: 430 tons (full load)
Length: 56 meters (183 feet 8 in)
Beam: 8.2 m (26 ft 10 in)
Draft: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Speed: 38 knots (70 km/h), max.
Range: 2,000 NM (3,700 km) at cruising speed
Complement: 45

Propulsion:
4 x MTU 20V538 TB93 diesel engines (19,300 hp)
4 shafts / 4 propellers

Armament:

1 x Oto-Melara 76/62 Compact Gun

1 x Oto-Melara 40/L70 Compact twin gun

4 x MBDA MM38 Exocet Anti-Ship Missiles (SSM)

Systems:
Castor II fire control radar
TRS-3220 Pollux fire control radar
Dagaie decoy launcher

Aviation:
none

The La Combattante III fast attack craft was built in France for export during the late 1970s and 1980s.
In October 1980 the Qatari Emiri Navy ordered three modified La Combattante IIIM vessels from CMN, Cherbourg.

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Q01 QENS Damsah

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Q02 QENS Al Ghariya

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