Osprey 55-class gunboat

Osprey 55-class gunboat P-19 HS Navmachos at Faliron Bay, Greece.
Class overview
Builders
  • Hellenic Shipyards, Scarmanga (Greek ships)
  • Danyard A/S, Frederikshaven, Denmark
Operators
Built1986–1990
Completed7
Active7
General characteristics Armatolos class (after re-arming)[1]
TypeGunboat
Displacement555 long tons (564 t) full load
Length54.8 m (179 ft 9 in)
Beam10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draught2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 2× MTU 16V 1163 TB63 diesels
  • 10,000 hp (7,500 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range
  • 500 mi (430 nmi; 800 km) at 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
  • 2,800 mi (2,400 nmi; 4,500 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Troops25
Complement36
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Thomson-CSF Triton Surface search radar
  • Selenia RTNX fire control radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Thomson-CSF DR 2000S ESM
Armament

The Osprey 55-class gunboat is a Danish-designed class of naval ship currently in service in the Hellenic Navy and Royal Moroccan Navy. Two ships were ordered by Greece in March 1988 and built by Hellenic Shipyards. The first one was laid down on 8 May 1989 and launched on 19 December 1989. The second ship was laid down on 9 November 1989 and launched on 16 May 1990. Armament is of modular design and therefore can be changed. 76-millimetre (3 in) guns replaced the Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) guns in 1995, after being taken from decommissioned Gearing-class destroyers. Options on more of the class were shelved in favour of the slightly larger HSY-55 class.

Four other ships were ordered by the Royal Moroccan Navy all received between 1987 and 1990.[2] Built in Frederikshavn, Denmark, they were only armed with one Bofors 40 mm and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon.[3] El Lahiq is equipped with a cartographic sonar and North American navigation systems for hydrographic research.[4]

  1. ^ Saunders 2002, p. 282.
  2. ^ "El Lahiq Osprey-55 class patrol vessel Moroccan Navy".
  3. ^ Saunders 2002, p. 471.
  4. ^ "Eugenio´s Warships - 308 El Lahiq".