![]() ![]() By 1995 they were mostly non-operational, and likely were scrapped sometime after. In 1977 they were repaired and had new engines fitted in Italy. Like pretty much every early Libyan naval vessel they had literally nothing notable happen during their service life. The 3 ships of the class were ordered in 1966 from Vospers, and were commissioned into the Libyan Navy in 1969 as their first fast attack craft. The launcher was designed to only fire when the racks had an elevation of 9 degrees or more, and would automatically delay firing otherwise. The missile gunner sat in a stabilized seat forward of the bridge, which could rotate to each side in case the ship made manoeuvres while firing. The SS.12M had a range of 6 km and a speed of 200 m/s, and had a 28.4 kg warhead. The design was a result of collaboration between Vospers and Nord-Aviation, who supplied the missiles, and additionally 2 other French companies who designed a new stabilized targeting sight for the missiles. Akagi 4:52am How would you rebalance naval Imagine you would be in charge of designing naval battles. ![]() As the first missile boats in the West, they were armed with French SS.12M wire guided missiles and also had 2 Bofors guns. They were made of wood (as opposed to the Brave’s aluminium), and used CODOG propulsion, being able to reach a top speed of 54 knots with its gas turbines. The first missile boats built in the West, the Susa-class missile boats were based on the Danish Søløven-class torpedo boats, which in turn were based on the British Brave-class. Another one of Vosper-Thornycroft’s naval exports. Coastal vessel, Libyan missile boat, based on Brave-class with SS.12 missiles. ![]()
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