Global InformationCombattante FS56 information
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie |
| Planned | 3 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Fast attack long range craft |
| Length | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Beam | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Speed | 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Complement | 32 |
Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft is a patrol boat developed by the French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie shipyard (CMN) as a development of the La Combattante III type fast attack craft.
Three boats have been ordered for the Lebanese Navy, being paid for by Saudi Arabia. The vessels are to be armed with the Simbad air-defence systems and 20 mm Narwhal guns.[2]
In January 2018, it was reported that Saudi Arabia could claim the vessels for its own navy after relations with Lebanon cooled the year before.[3]
- ^ "Combattante FS56". CMN Group. CMN. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ Jeremy Binnie (8 October 2014). "France says $3bn arms sale to Lebanon will proceed". IHS Jane's 360. IHS. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Cabirol, Michel (2 January 2018). "CMN : le contrat de trois patrouilleurs est enfin entré en vigueur en Arabie Saoudite" [CMN: the contract for three patrol boats has finally come into force in Saudi Arabia]. La Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.