Libyan frigate Dat Assawari

History
Libya
Name	Dat Assawari
Operator	Libyan Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Laid down	27 September 1968
Launched	13 October 1969
Commissioned	1 February 1973
Stricken	1990s?
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	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	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 × 2 35 mm Oerlikon AA gun turret 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (2x1) 2 × 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 VT Group 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 Trigoso 1979-80 when new sensors and missiles (as listed in table above) were installed. A further refit was completed in 1990. She was reportedly scrapped in the late 1990s.

Sources

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