Djebel Chenoua-class corvette

Algerian Navy corvette El Kirch
Class overview
Builders:	ECRN Mers el Kebir
Operators:	Algerian National Navy
In service:	1980–present
Completed:	3
Active:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	550 tons (full load)
Length:	58.40 m (191.6 ft)
Beam:	8.50 m (27.9 ft)
Draught:	2.59 m (8.5 ft)
Propulsion:	3 × MTU 20V-538-TB92 diesels 3 × shafts
Speed:	31 knots (57 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried:	Rigid-hulled inflatable boat
Complement:	52 (including 6 officers)
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar: Attack radar Type 363A/S Acquisition radar Type 374G
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Countermeasures; 2 × Decoy launchers.
Armament:	Guns: 1 × AK-176 (76 mm) 1 × AK-630 (6 barrels × 30 mm) CIWS Missiles: 4 × C-802 active radar homing to 120km at (Mach 0.9) Fire control: Optronic director Type 88C

The Djebel Chenoua-class corvettes are ships of Algerian design and assembly, developed in the shipyards of Mers el-Kebir near Oran and built in the 1980s. The 3 units are specialized in anti-ship warfare and search and rescue operations.

Design

All three ships are now equipped with four C-802 missiles made in China. The missile was derived from the French Exocet, has a 120km range and an automatic guidance system. The ships are armed with a Russian AK-176 76 mm main gun with a high rate of fire installed at the bow and a Gatling-type AK-630 30 mm air defense gun installed aft.

Ships

Name	Pennant number	Ship builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Djebel Chenoua	351	ECRN, Mers-el-Kebir	3 February 1985[1]	November 1988[1]	In service
El Chihab	352	ECRN, Mers-el-Kebir	February 1990[1]	June 1995[1]	In service
El Kirch	353	ECRN, Mers-el-Kebir	July 2000[1]	2002	In service

References

1. Saunders 2002, p. 5.

• Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2002). Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-24328.