Combattante FS56

Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft Missile is a patrol boat developed by the French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie shipyard (CMN) as a development of Combattante III class.

Combattante FS56
Class overview
Builders: Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie
Planned: 3
General characteristics [1]
Type: Fast Attack Long Range Craft
Length: 56 m (184 ft)
Beam: 8.2 m (27 ft)
Draught: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Speed: 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range: 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Complement: 32

Three boats have been ordered for the Lebanese Navy, being paid for by Saudi Arabia. The vessels are to be armed with the Simbad air-defence systems and 20 mm Narwhal guns.[2]

In January 2018, it was reported that Saudi Arabia could claim the vessels for its own navy after relations with Lebanon cooled the year before.[3][4]

See also

  • La Combattante IIIb-class fast attack craft

References

  1. "Combattante FS56". CMN Group. CMN. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. Jeremy Binnie (8 October 2014). "France says $3bn arms sale to Lebanon will proceed". IHS Jane's 360. IHS. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. Cabirol, Michel (2 January 2018). "CMN : le contrat de trois patrouilleurs est enfin entré en vigueur en Arabie Saoudite". La Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. Khan, Bilal (8 January 2018). "Saudi Arabia could claim FS56 FAC it originally planned for Lebanon". Quwa Defence News & Analysis Group. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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