Pakistan Navy Fast Attack Craft launched

[Penguin]

these FAC how much going to cost pakistan and i think this for pakistan naval marines if im not wrong

[reposted from p2 in this thread]

Vessel Type: Fast Attack Craft (FAC)
Country: Egypt
Program: Fast Missile Craft (FMC)
Total Number: 4
Unit Cost (US$): 101.5M (Est.)
Builder: Halter Marine.

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Guided Missile Combatants Fast Missile Craft (FMC)
4 Ambassador MK III class [2][3]
A new $ 642 million contract have been made in 29 September 2008 for the sale of 3 new fast missile combatants. In March 2010 a 4th ship has been agreed upon, raising the worth of the deal to $ 807 million. The ships will be armed with surface-to-air and surface-to-surface harpoon missiles. The first ship is to be completed in 2012, and the forth vessel should be done by the end of 2013.[4]

Egyptian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(nb: this $807 million amount probably includes not just the ships, but likely also a training, technical support, ammunitions/ordnance package)

More info: Ambassador MK III Missile Boat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Egypt - Future Fast Missile Craft (FAC)

The layout of this ship is very similar to the Greek Roussen class (62m Super Vita), which I presume to cost a similar amount (THere are different quotes out there suggesting each of the Super Vita facm costs 100-150 million euros).

These vessel would be top of the line so consider their cost to be the upper boundary.

The Greek ministry of defense has been reviewing bids for the program and is dissatisfied with them. The ministry's latest proposal in October was for the firms Elefsis and Vosper Thornycroft to drop the cost of their proposed designs by $100 million to $120 million, which is a challenge given the risk associated with new design and systems integration.

Sea Power, February 2004 (via Greek Turkish Forum Home -> More Super Vita)

NEORION Holdings S.A. Subsidiary Signs Business Deal
Friday, 26 Sep 2008
NEORION Holdings S.A. announced that its subsidiary, Naval and Industrial Enterprises Elefsinas S.A., has signed an agreement with Hellenic Ministry of Defense for the supply of two additional fast attack missile boats of the SUPER VITA class for EUR 299 million.

Key Developments-Neorion Holding SA Company Historical Developments

 

[GUNNER]

Deputy Chief of Naval Stafff Shafqat Javed has said that Chinese Navy will take part in naval exercises during March with the Pakistan Navy.


Speaking to media here on Monday, the Deputy Naval Chief informed that China will also provide Pakistan Navy with radar control guns for it’s air defense.

He also informed that China had agreed to provide PN with two missile boats.

One of these boats will be made in Pakistan, the Deputy Chief of Naval Stafff Shafqat Javed said.

 

[Penguin]

Deputy Chief of Naval Stafff Shafqat Javed has said that Chinese Navy will take part in naval exercises during March with the Pakistan Navy.


Speaking to media here on Monday, the Deputy Naval Chief informed that China will also provide Pakistan Navy with radar control guns for it’s air defense.

He also informed that China had agreed to provide PN with two missile boats.

One of these boats will be made in Pakistan, the Deputy Chief of Naval Stafff Shafqat Javed said.

There is an old thread on this somewhere on the board (with speculations about the specific type and dimentions), maybe we should integrate this news with that.

 

[S.U.R.B.]

Looks like we are talking about Houbei class (Type 022).And it's under ToT.

Some images.

 

[Mercenary]

Damn, looks pretty bad ***....

Pakistan would need atleast 20-30 of these boats to defend Karachi from Indian Naval Blockade

 

[Yeti]

They look kinda kick *** nice paint jobs too

 

[monitor]

if it really going to be hobei class then good news for pakistan navy .

 

[TOPGUN]

Well good news lets see if this is indeed the type which we will get .

 

[Penguin]

See these earlier threads:
http://www.defence.pk/forums/naval-forces/52473-chinese-firm-selected-500-ton-fac.html
http://www.defence.pk/forums/naval-forces/52473-pakistan-issues-tenders-two-500-ton-fac.html

The Type 022 is 40m in length, 12m in beam, and 1.5m in draught. The vessel has a full displacement of 220 tonnes. The propulsion includes two diesels rated at 6,865hp and two water jets, giving a maximum speed of 36 knots. The vessel is operated by 12~14 crew.

Tender for Two 500-Ton FAC for Pakistani Navy.

The ITT lists the main characteristics for the FAC as follows:
-Full load displacement of 500-600 tons
-Overall length of 60 meters (196.8ft)
-Radius of action equal to or greater than 500 nautical • miles, max speed 30 knots
-Complement of 55-60 personnel
-And fitted with the following weapon and sensor systems:
-8 Chinese C-802A SSMs
-Two 25mm close range semi-automatic EO/IR AA • guns
-Two 12.7mm machine guns
-Chaff and IR decoys
-Air/Surface search radar with track while scan (TWS) function
-Electro optical director and fire control radars for associated weapons
-Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System
-Modern C3 System

Which means on tonnage alone it will not be the Type 022 craft/ Rather, it would be something bigger, probably along the lines of the Chinese Type 037-II

Type 037-II
# Displacement: 520 ton
# Length: 65.4 m
# Beam: 8.4 m
# Draft: 2.4 m
# Speed: 32 kt
# Range: 1,800 nm @ 18 kt
# Propulsion: 2xSEMT-Pielstick 12 PA6 280 diesel engines @ 1,584 hp with 3 shafts
# Complement: 75
# Armament:
* Anti-ship missiles: 6 C-801/802/803
* Guns: 2 Type 76A 37 mm (II x 1) and 2 AK-230

The Pakistan Navy's Karachi Shipyard advertises the Fast Attack Craft variant of the Liman el Hadrami (P601) class of Mauritania Navy. This chinese designed and built ship was donated by the China Government and is currently the largest ship in the navy of Mauritania. See: http://www.defence.pk/forums/naval-forces/52473-chinese-firm-selected-500-ton-fac-2.html#post807008

 

[wali87]

so what role does a missile boat perform in wartime? and how effective is it?

 

[Penguin]

so what role does a missile boat perform in wartime? and how effective is it?

missile boat > it shoots anti-ship missiles, mainly.

Ineffective against a major modern navy, effective against large surface ships not equipped with adequate anti-missile defences.

 

[Markus]

Awesome looking boats!

 

[misterme2]

The type 022is old news. It is a very effective platform. I 've been screaming the top of my lungs to get or design such a boat for IN but no luck. Even this boat would be a great asset to the coastguard because it is very fast and maneuverable, at the same time you could switch the weapons platform depending on the role it serves.

 

[TrMhMt]

These toys seems cool !!!

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Looks like we are talking about Houbei class (Type 022).And it's under ToT.

Some images.

Oh man these ship make my head dizzy its the pattern on the ships its so hard to see them when at sea - wonderful addition