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Plotarchis Vlachavas at Rhodes Harbour
Class overview
Builders	CMN Lurssen
Operators	Hellenic Navy
Succeeded by	La Combattante III class
Built	1973–1974
In commission	1973–present
Completed	6
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft
Displacement	234 tons (standard) 265 tons (full load)
Length	47 m (154 ft)
Beam	8 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.1 m (7 ft)
Installed power	4 × MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) (combined)
Propulsion	Four shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) (maximum)
Range	570 nautical miles (1,060 km; 660 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	30 (4 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Thomson-CSF Triton; G-band Thomson-CSF Castor; I/J-band CSEE Panda optical director
Electronic warfare & decoys	Thomson-CSF DR 2000S
Armament	1 × Bofors 57 mm gun or 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm gun 1 × Bofors 40 mm/70 gun 4 × Exocet SSM (2x2) or 4 x Harpoon SSM (2x2) Minelaying capability

The La Combattante II type missile boats are two classes of fast attack craft of the Hellenic Navy. The first group of four were ordered by Greece in September 1972 from France. The vessels had no class name but are referred to by type. A second group of six were purchased in the 1990s from Germany, comprising six Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft that were being decommissioned. The class was renamed La Combattante IIa, as with the 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.

Ship list

La Combattante II

Built by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie of Cherbourg to the standard La Combattante II design, though having a smaller gun armament (4x35mmm Oerlikon cannon instead of a single 76mm gun) forward.

La Combattante IIa

(ex- German Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft)

See also

• La Combattante-class fast attack craft
• Greek La Combattante III-class fast attack craft

Notes

1. ^ Conway p.72
2. Janes p.218
3. "Picture of MFAC Dioskuria in Poti with damage behind the bridge".
4. "ΠΝ: Υποστολή σημαιών και Δομή Δυνάμεων". June 27, 2011.

References

• Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 (1995) Naval Institute Press|, Annapolis ISBN 1-55750-132-7
• Sharp, Richard Jane's Fighting Ships (1991) Jane's Information Group ISBN 978 07106 096 01

External links

• Hellenic Navy official site

v t e Ship classes of the Hellenic Navy
Frigates	FDI HN class Hydra class Elli class
Gunboats	ex-Asheville class Thetis class ex-Osprey 55 class Osprey HSY-55 class Osprey HSY-56A class
Submarines	Glafkos class (Neptune I) Poseidon class (Neptune II) Papanikolis class
Fast attack craft	La Combattante IIa class La Combattante IIIa class La Combattante IIIb class Roussen class
Mine warfare ships	ex-Hunt-class minehunters ex-Osprey-class minehunters MSC-294-class minesweepers
General support ships	Etna-class replenishment ship ex-Lüneburg-class replenishment ships Atlas
Auxiliary ships	Ouranos-class coastal tankers Orion-class coastal tankers
Training ships	Aris
Landing vessels	Jason-class LSTs ex-Zubr-class LCACs ex-Barbe-class LCUs

• Missile boats of the Hellenic Navy
• Missile boat classes