Shaman-class fast attack craft
RZNV Talasam
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Class overview | |
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Builders: | Southern Shipyard, Kamarovo |
Operators: |
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Built: | 1983-present |
In service: | 1995-present |
In commission: | 1995-present |
Planned: | 14 |
Completed: | 11 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Fast attack craft |
Displacement: | 369 tonnes |
Length: | 48.90 meters |
Beam: | 8.65 meters |
Draft: | 2.15 meters |
Propulsion: | 3 diesel M520 engines, 5,324 horsepower each |
Speed: | 36 knots |
Range: | 3,000 km |
Complement: | 33 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
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Armament: |
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The Shaman class is a series of fast attack crafts made in Ziridava, and has been in service with the Republic of Ziridava Navy since 1995. Other foreign operators include the Hudian Navy.
History[edit]
The original project was prepared by the Ziridavan People's Navy was named Project 660. After the the fall of the Ziridavan communist government, the project was paused, but later continued in 1990 and successfully completed by the Southern Shipyard in Kamarovo.
In 2013 the Ministry of Defence ordered for a modernization of all the ships. All ships in the RZN were rearmed with SB-07 AShM launchers, NSVs were replaced by the M2HB for mounted HMGs, and 9K38 Igla MANPADs were replaced by the PPO Shtuka. New sensors and radar were also equipped onto the vessels.