In commission 1973– | Building 5 | |
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Operators German Navy
Hellenic Navy
Royal Malaysian Navy
Libyan Navy
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Succeeded by La Combattante III class Subclasses Kaman/Sina class
Perdana class Built 1973–1974; 1977–present | ||
The La Combattante IIa fast attack craft is a class of fast attack craft originally built for the German Navy as Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft. They were later transferred to the Hellenic Navy and the class was renamed Combattante IIa, as with similar French made ships. All the ships were under mid-life updates in 1980s. Two vessels in the class, P-74 and P-75, were fitted with RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a new ESM was fitted after transfer.
A version called the Beir Grassa class, of which 10 were built and 8 were operational as of 1995, were used by the Libyan Navy.
Iran ordered 12 ships of the same class (known in Iran as Kaman class), which were to be delivered between 1977 and 1981. Iran eventually received 6 ships, while the rest were cancelled because of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Iranian fast attack craft Paykan was sunk during Operation Morvarid in 1980, while Joshan was sunk by USS Simpson during Operation Praying Mantis in 1988. These ships are not to be confused with the new Joshan and Paykan, which were named in their memories. Iran built a heavily upgraded version of this class called the Sina class. As of 2012 Iran has built 4 Sina-class vessels and is building 5 more of this class.