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DAT ASSAWARI (211) class FF

Country of Origin: Libya


 DAT ASSAWARI class FRIGATE (FF) (British Vosper Mark 7 design)

 Name              Pendant   Launched       Commissioned   Status
 DAT ASSAWARI      211       Sept. 1969     Feb. 1, 1973   Sunk

The DAT ASSAWARI was a Libyan frigate which served as the nation's flagship. The ship resembles the Iranian ALVAND-class frigates, owing to similar design origins.

HULL: The ship was a Vosper Thornycroft Mk 7 design, displacing 1,325 tons standard and 1,650 tons fully loaded. It measured...

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