Fast Attack Craft Missile Class La Combattante III

PGFG LASKOS (P 20) PGFG BLESSAS (P 21) PGFG MIKONIOS (P 22) PGFG TROUPAKIS (P 23) PGFG KAVALOUDIS (P 24) PGFG DEGIANNIS (P 26) PGFG XENOS (P 27) PGFG SIMITZOPOULOS (P 28) PGFG STARAKIS (P 29)  Name  No  Builders  Commissioned  ANTIPLOIARCHOS LASKOS  P 20  CMN Cherbourg  20 Apr 1977  PLOTARCHIS BLESSAS  P 21  CMN Cherbourg  7 July 1977  YPOPLOIARCHOS MIKONIOS  P 22  CMN Cherbourg  10 Feb 1978  YPOPLOIARCHOS TROUPAKIS  P 23  CMN Cherbourg  8 Nov 1977  SIMEOFOROS KAVALOUDIS  P 24  Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga  14 July 1980  YPOPLOIARCHOS DEGIANNIS  P 26  Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga  Dec 1980  SIMEOFOROS XENOS  P 27  Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga  31 Mar 1981  SIMEOFOROS SIMITZOPOULOS  P 28  Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga  June 1981  SIMEOFOROS STARAKIS  P 29  Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga  12 Oct 1981   Displacement, tons: 359 standard; 425 full load (P 20-23) 329 standard; 429 full load (P 24-29) Displacement Full Load (tonnes): 431.8 Displacement Standard (tonnes): 364.7 Length (m): 56.2 Beam (m): 8 Draught (m): 2.1 Range (nm): 700 Speed (knots): 36 Dimensions, feet (metres): 184 × 26.2 × 7 (56.2 × 8 × 2.1) Main machinery: 4 MTU 20V 538 TB92 diesels; 17,060 hp(m) (12.54 MW) sustained; 4 shafts (P 20-23)     4 MTU 20V 538 TB91 diesels; 15,360 hp(m) (11.29 MW) sustained; 4 shafts (P 24-29) Speed, knots: 36 (P 20-23); 32.5 (P 24-29). Range, miles: 700 at 32 kt; 2,700 at 15 kt Complement: 42 (5 officers) Missiles: SSM: 4 Aerospatiale MM 38 Exocet (P 20-P 23); inertial cruise; active radar homing to 42 km (23 n miles) at 0.9 Mach; warhead 165 kg.     6 Kongsberg Penguin Mk 2 Mod 3 (P 24-P 29); inertial/IR homing to 27 km (15 n miles)at 0.8 Mach; warhead 120 kg. Guns: 2 OTO Melara 3 in (76 mm)/62 compact; 85 rds/min to 16 km (8.6 n miles) anti-surface; 12 km (6.5 n miles) anti-aircraft; weight of shell 6 kg.     4 Emerson Electric 30 mm (2 twin); multipurpose; 1,200 rds/min combined to 6 km (3.2 n miles); weight of shell 0.35 kg. Torpedoes: 2-21 in (533 mm)aft tubes. AEG SST-4; anti-surface; wire-guided; active homing to 12 km (6.5 n miles) at 35 kt; passive homing to 28 km (15 n miles) at 23 kt; warhead 250 kg. Countermeasures: Decoys: Wegmann chaff launchers. ESM: Thomson-CSF DR 2000S; intercept. Weapons control: 2 CSEE Panda optical directors for 30 mm guns. Thomson-CSF Vega I or II system (P 20-P 23). NFT PFCS-2 (P 24-P 29). Radars: Surface search: Thomson-CSF Triton; G-band; range 33 km (18 n miles) for 2 m2 target. Navigation: Decca 1226C; I-band. Fire control: Thomson-CSF Castor II; I/J-band; range 31 km (17 n miles) for 2 m2 target.     Thomson-CSF Pollux; I/J-band; range 31 km (17 n miles) for 2 m2 target. Programmes: First four ordered in September 1974. Second group of six ordered 1978. Modernisation: P 24-29 upgraded to fire Penguin Mk 2 Mod 3 missiles. Structure: First four fitted with SSM Exocet; remainder have Penguin. Operational: P 25 sunk after collision with a ferry in November 1996.