Libyan frigate Dat Assawari

	File:Dat assawari.jpgdatassawari, 1986
History
Libya
Name	Dat Assawari
Operator	Libyan Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Laid down	27 September 1968
Launched	13 October 1969
Commissioned	1 February 1973
Status	?
General characteristics
Class and type	Vosper Mk 7
Type	frigate
Displacement	1,325 tons standard, 1,625 tons full load
Length	100.6 m
Beam	11 m
Draught	3.4 m
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 shaft CODOG; 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 46,400 hp; 42 Paxman Ventura diesels 3,500 hp
Speed	37.5 knots (17 knots diesels only)
Range	5700 NM - at 17 knots
Crew	132
Sensors and ; processing systems	DeccaTM1229 radar, Ran 10S radar, Diodon Sonar, Selenia Ran 12x combat data information system
Armament	list error: too many at start of list (help) Missile antiship 4 x Otomat; Anti-aircraft missile (1x4) Albatros SAM launcher; (replaced two Sea Cat missile launchers in 1980); 1 Vickers gun 4.5 inch Mk 8 (114 mm), (22 km range);; 1 x 2 35 mm Oerlikon AA gun turret; 2 x 40 mm Bofors AA guns (2x1); 2x 3 torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes;; 1 Limbo anti submarine mortar (removed 1980); ;

The Dat Assawari was a frigate operated by the Libyan Navy. The ship was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Britain. It was ordered in February 1968 and delivered in 1973. The ship's design , the Vosper Mk 7 is a modified version of the Alvand class frigate built for the Iranian Navy. The ship had an extensive refit in Italy by CNR Riva Trigosa 1979-80 when new sensors and missiles (as listed in table above) were installed. A further refit was completed in 1990.

The current operational status of the ship is unclear

Source

Conway's All the World's Fighting ships 1947-1995