La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft

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.^[1] 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.^[2]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.

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