History | |
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Nigeria | |
Name | Obuma |
Cost | £3,500,000 |
Laid down | 9 April 1964 |
Launched | 12 April 1965 |
Commissioned | 16 September 1966 |
Identification | F87 |
Fate | Training hulk |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Frigate |
Displacement | |
Length | 341 ft 2 in (104.0 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 5 in (3.5 m) |
Propulsion | 4x MAN Diesels |
Speed | 26 kn (48.2 km/h; 29.9 mph) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,482.0 km; 4,027.7 mi) |
Complement | 216 |
Sensors and processing systems | Type 293 search radar |
Armament |
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NNS Obuma, formerly NNS Nigeria, was a Nigerian frigate which served as the flagship of the Nigerian Navy from 1965 to 1982. It is presently a hulk stationed at the Nigerian Navy College of Engineering.