La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft

The La Combattante IIa fast attack craft is a class of fast attack craft of the Hellenic Navy. They were originally built for the German Navy as Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft and were later transferred to the Greece in the 1990s. 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.

Not to be confused with the generic French-built La Combattante II type fast attack craft..
Plotarchis Vlachavas at Rhodes Harbour
Class overview
BuildersCMN Lurssen
Operators Hellenic Navy
Succeeded byLa Combattante III class
Built1973–1974
In commission1973–present
Completed6
General characteristics
TypeFast attack craft
Displacement
  • 234 tons (standard)
  • 265 tons (full load)
Length47 m (154 ft)
Beam8 m (26 ft)
Draught2.1 m (7 ft)
Installed power
  • 4 × MTU MD 16V 538 TB90
  • 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) (combined)
PropulsionFour shafts
Speed36 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)
Complement30 (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

Ship list
Pennant
number		 Name Former name Commissioned
by Germany		 Commissioned
by Greece		 Status
P 72Ypoploiarchos Votsisex-Iltis8 January 197328 April 1995In service (2018)
P 73Antiploiarchos Pezopoulosex-Storch17 July 19741 February 1994In service (2018)
P 74Plotarchis Vlachavasex-Marder14 June 197316 February 1995Decommissioned in 2011[1]
P 75Plotarchis Maridakisex-Häher12 June 197428 April 1994In service (2018)
P 76Ypoploiarchos Tournasex-Leopard21 August 197328 September 2000Decommissioned in 2011
P 77Plotarchis Sakipisex-Jaguar21 August 197328 September 2000Decommissioned in 2011

References
  1. Decommissioning of 4 ships of the Hellenic Navy on June 9, 2011
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