Libyan frigate Dat Assawari

History
Libya
Name	Dat Assawari
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Laid down	27 September 1968
Launched	13 October 1969
Commissioned	1 February 1973
Stricken	1990s
General characteristics
Class and type	Vosper Mk 7 frigate
Displacement	1,325 tons standard 1,625 tons full load
Length	100.6 m (330 ft 1 in)
Beam	11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODOG 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 46,400 hp (34,600 kW) 42 Paxman Ventura diesels 3,500 hp (2,600 kW)
Speed	37.5 knots (69.5 km/h; 43.2 mph) max 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (diesels only)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 17 knots
Complement	132
Sensors and processing systems	DeccaTM1229 radar Ran 10S radar Diodon sonar Selenia Ran 12x combat data information system
Armament	4 × Otomat anti-ship missile 1 × quad Albatros surface-to-air missile launcher 1 Vickers gun 4.5 in (114 mm) Mk 8 1 × twin 35 mm (1.4 in) Oerlikon AA gun turret 2 × single 40 mm Bofors AA guns 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes; 1 Limbo anti-submarine mortar

Dat Assawari was a frigate operated by the Libyan Navy. The ship was built by VT Group in the United Kingdom. It was ordered in February 1968 and delivered in 1973. The ship's design, the Vosper Mk 7 is a modified version of the Template:Sclass- 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