Combattante FS56
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Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft is a patrol boat developed by the French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie shipyard (CMN) as a development of the La Combattante III type fast attack craft.
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie |
| Planned | 3 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Fast attack long range craft |
| Length | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Beam | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Speed | 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Complement | 32 |
Three boats have been ordered for the Lebanese Navy, being paid for by Saudi Arabia. The vessels are to be armed with the Simbad air-defence systems and 20 mm Narwhal guns.[2]
In January 2018, it was reported that Saudi Arabia could claim the vessels for its own navy after relations with Lebanon cooled the year before.[3]