NNS Obuma

History
Nigeria
NameObuma
Cost£3,500,000
Laid down9 April 1964
Launched12 April 1965
Commissioned16 September 1966
IdentificationF87
FateTraining hulk
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeFrigate
Displacement
  • 1,724 t (1,696.8 long tons; 1,900.4 short tons) (standard)
  • 2,000 t (1,968.4 long tons; 2,204.6 short tons) (full load)
Length341 ft 2 in (104.0 m)
Beam37 ft (11.3 m)
Draught11 ft 5 in (3.5 m)
Propulsion4x MAN Diesels
Speed26 kn (48.2 km/h; 29.9 mph)
Range3,500 nmi (6,482.0 km; 4,027.7 mi)
Complement216
Sensors and
processing systems
Type 293 search radar
Armament
  • 1 × twin 102 mm guns
  • 3 × single 40 mm guns
  • 1 × Squid mortar

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.

  1. ^ Moore 1979, p. 352.