Feature 7 | United ArAb emirAtes
First of four patrol vessels delivered to Iraq phased array antenna, which is capable of
achieving detection ranges out to 180km.
Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano, La Spezia, recently delivered the first of WASS, working in partnership with
four patrol vessels ordered by iraqi navy. the vessel was built at Fincantieri’s Thales Underwater Systems, has been
shipyard in riva trigoso. awarded a €27 million contract to provide
This first vessel – Fateh – will immediately start to undertake surveillance an anti-submarine warfare suite. Based
of the Iraqi Exclusive Economic Zone (58km of coastline rich in oil reserves, on Thales’ Captas Nano lightweight
the country’s most important economic resource), research and salvage low-frequency active sonar, this will also
operations, maritime traffic control – including inspections – and fire fighting. include two launchers for the WASS C310
The remaining three vessels will be delivered at three monthly intervals. torpedo countermeasures system.
The Saettia Mk 4 class vessels were developed from the vessels Fincantieri Oto Melara, meanwhile, will supply
built for the Italian Coast Guard (five Diciotti class vessels) and the Maltese a single Super Rapid 76/62 naval gun
Navy (one vessel). Together they will form the core of the patrol fleet of the (in a ‘stealth’ cupola mounted forward),
Iraqi Navy and be tasked with duties similar to those of the Italian Coast Guard. two 30mm Marlin small-calibre weapon
Manned by a crew of 38, the 53.40m vessels have a breadth of 8m and can mountings (installed aft), and two 12.7mm
reach a speed of 23knots. They are being built under the supervision of the Hitrole remote-control weapon stations (to
Italian Register of Ships (RINa) in accordance with international standards be fitted above the bridge).
regarding safety and the environment. Other equipments identified include
Fincantieri is also directly responsible for supplying the ship systems and two Rheinmetall MASS soft-kill decoy
components which were built at its facilities in Bari and Riva Trigoso, including launchers (fitted on either beam), a Sagem
the main engines (Isotta Fraschini V1716T2MSD, 2360kW, shaftlines and VIGY-EOMS electro-optical multifunction
variable-pitch propellers), power generation (Isotta Fraschini 220kW L1306T3ME system, and a quad launcher installation
generators) and stabilizing systems. The contract also includes provision of forward of the bridge for four MBDA
logistic support and crew training with each crew completing a seven-week MM40 Block 3 Exocet surface-to-surface
training course. guided weapons. WT
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