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    the last weeks we had great holidays in south spain , but of course lying in the sun is not everything so we made a trip over the street of Gibraltar to Marocco to the city of Tanger.... only 35 minutes with the ferry , only 13,5km between Europe and Africa. In the harbour of Tanger I saw two patrol boats of the navy of Marocco and made some shots for you.....

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    Some informations about the ship:

    Rais Bargach class (OPV 64 type) patrol corvettes

    Displacement: 650 tons

    Dimensions: 64 x 11.4 x 3 meters (210 x 37.4 x 9.8 feet)

    Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 10,000 bhp, 25 knots

    Crew: 24 + 30 transients

    French-built.

    320 Rais Charkaoui built in 1996

    from hazegray.org

    cheers

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    Some informations about the ship:

    Rais Bargach class (OPV 64 type) patrol corvettes

    Displacement: 650 tons

    Dimensions: 64 x 11.4 x 3 meters (210 x 37.4 x 9.8 feet)

    Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 10,000 bhp, 25 knots

    Crew: 24 + 30 transients

    French-built.

    320 Rais Charkaoui built in 1996

    Thank you very much for the informations about the ship!!!!! I thought that they must be french made but I did not know 100%

    This is their entire Navy?

    Paul I don`t know how big and powerful the navy of Marocco is...... I saw some more ships, even smaller than the 2 on the pictures, but no bigger naval forces.... but Marocco has some more harbour cities, maybe there are some more ships.

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    From hazegray.org:

    Mohammed V (Floreal) class small patrol frigates

    Displacement: 2,950 tons full load

    Dimensions: 93.5 x 14 x 4.3 meters (307 x 46 x 14 feet)

    Propulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 8,800 bhp, 20 knots

    Crew: 80

    Aviation: Aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 Panther helicopter

    Troops: 24 special forces

    Radar: DRBV 25 air/surface search

    EW: ARBR 17 intercept, 2 Dagaie decoy

    Armament: 2 Exocet SSM, 1 76mm OTO DP, 2 20 mm

    Two patrol frigates built in France.

    Mohammed V 2002? trials]

    Hassan II 2003? building]

    Lt. Col. Errhamani (Descubierta class) light ASW frigate

    Displacement: 1,479 tons full load Dimensions: 88.9 x 10.4 x 3.7 meters (291.5 x 34 x 12 feet) Propulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 18,000 shp, 26 knots Crew: 100 Sonar: DE-1160B hull Fire Control: WM-25 EW: ELT 715 intercept/jammer, 2 Dagaie decoy Armament: 8-cell Albatros SAM (24 Aspide missiles), 1 76 mm OTO, 2 40 mm/70 AA, 1 375 mm Bofors ASW RL, 2 triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes Spanish-built.

    501 Lieutenant Colonel Errhamani 1983

    Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah (Newport class) large landing ship

    Displacement: 8,450 tons full load Dimensions: 159.2 x 21.2 x 5.3 meters (562 x 69.5 x 17.5 feet) Propulsion: 6 diesels, 2 shafts, 16,500 bhp, 20 knots Crew: 255 Aviation: small aft landing area Troops: 400 Cargo: 17,300 square feet vehicle, 2,000 tons total (500 beaching) EW: SLQ-32, Mk-36 chaff launcher Armament: light guns Ex-USN.

    407 Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah 1972/94 Ex-LST 1198

    Daoud Ben Aicha (Champlain) class small landing ships

    Displacement: 1,305 tons full load Dimensions: 80 x 13 x 2.4 meters (262.5 x 42.5 x 8 feet) Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 3,600 bhp, 16 knots Crew: 84 Troops: 133 Cargo: 330 tons Armament: 2 40mm/70 AA, 2 12.7 mm MG, 2 81 mm mortars French-built.

    402 Daoud Ben Aicha 1977

    403 Ahmed Es Sakali 1977

    404 Abou Abdallah El Ayachi 1978

    Lt. Malghagh (EDIC type) utility landing craft

    Displacement: 642 tons full load Dimensions: 59 x 11.95 x 1.3 meters (193.5 x 39 x 4 feet) Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 1,000 bhp, 8 knots Crew: 16 Armament: 2 20 mm, 1 120 mm mortar French-built.

    401 Lieutenant Malghagh 1965

    Rais Bargach class (OPV 64 type) patrol corvettes

    Displacement: 650 tons Dimensions: 64 x 11.4 x 3 meters (210 x 37.4 x 9.8 feet) Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 10,000 bhp, 25 knots Crew: 24 + 30 transients French-built.

    318 Rais Bargach 1995

    319 Rais Britel 1996

    320 Rais Charkaoui 1996

    321 Rais Maaninou 1997

    322 Rais Al Mounasrtiri 1997

    El Lahiq (Osprey 55) class large patrol boats

    Displacement: 500 tons full load

    Dimensions: 55 x 8.08 x 2.75 meters (180.5 x 26.5 x 9 feet)

    Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 4,960 bhp, 18 knots

    Crew: 15 + 16 passengers

    Armament: 1 40 mm/70 AA, 2 20 mm

    Danish-built.

    308 El Lahiq 1987

    309 El Tawfiq 1988

    316 El Hamiss 1990

    Okba class (PR-72 type) large patrol boats

    Displacement: 440 tons full load Dimensions: 57 x 7.6 2.5 meters (187 x 25 x 8 feet) Propulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 11,040 bhp, 28 knots Crew: 53 Armament: 1 76 mm OTO DP, 1 40mm/70 AA French-built.

    302 Okba 1976

    303 Triki 1977

    317 El Karib 1990

    Lt. De Vaisseau Rabhi (Vigilance) class large patrol boats

    Displacement: 425 tons full load Dimensions: 58.1 x 7.6 x 2.7 meters (190.5 x 25 x 9 feet) Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 7,600 bhp, 22 knots Crew: 36 + 15 passengers Armament: 1 40 mmm/70 AA, 2 20 mm Spanish built.

    310 Lieutenant De Vaisseau Rabhi 1988

    311 Errachiq 1988

    312 El Akid 1989

    313 El Maher 1989

    314 El Majid 1989

    315 El Bachir 1989

    Commandant Al Khattabi class large patrol boats

    Displacement: 420 tons full load Dimensions: 57.4 x 7.6 x 2.7 meters (188 x 25 x 9 feet) Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 7,780 bhp, 29.6 knots Crew: 41 Fire Control: WM-25 Armament: 1 76 mm OTO DP, 1 40mm/70 AA, 2 20 mm Spanish-built.

    304 Commandant Al Khattabi 1981

    305 Commandant Boutouba 1981

    306 Commandant El Harti 1982

    307 Commandant Azouggarh 1982

    Ad Dakhla coastal logistics ship

    Displacement: 2,160 tons full load Dimensions: 69 x 11.5 x 4.2 meters (226.4 x 37.7 x 13.8 feet) Propulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 2,693 hp, 13 knots Armament: 2 12.7 mm MG Crew: 24 + 22 transients French-built.

    408 Ad Dakhla 1997

    El Aigh coastal logistics ship

    Displacement: approx. 2,000 tons full load Dimensions: 76.61 x 12.3 x 3.47 meters (251 x 40 x 11 feet) Propulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 1,250 bhp, 12 knots Crew: ?? Cargo: ??? Armament: 2 20 mm Former commercial vessel.

    405 El Aigh 1972/81 Ex-Merc Caribe

    Abou Barakat Albarbari (Conrad class) oceanographic research ship

    Displacement: approx. 1,400 tons full load Dimensions: 63.3 x 11.3 x 4.4 meters (208 x 37 x 14.5 feet) Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 1 shaft, 10,000 bhp, 13.5 knots Crew: approx. 50 Ex-USN.

    702 Abou Barakat Albarbari 1969/93 Ex-AGOR 13

    And this are the main boats... It's not a small navy, although not prepared for a real war on the sea, but mostly for patrolling the local sea.

    Regards

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    You're right Patrolling sea is enough for Morocco

    .........and together with their spanish comrades they have a lot of work in this area because every day thousands of marrocain people try to escape to spain and get (illegal) in the country..... and there are a lot of other african people who try to get over Marocco and spain into Europe..... a lot of work for the military, the police and the customs...

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    I'm not sure the Moroccan navy (or ANY navy, for that matter) needs to be prepared to fight the Battle of Jutland?

    It is unlikely that any navy will engage in a ship to ship battle of that type again, it is all fire and forget these days.

    A strong navy is still a requirement as so many operations require it for maritime patrols, blockades (sanctions), NGS (Naval Gunnery Support), use of carriers for air cover, onboard medical facilities, POL, food / ammo / water, troop deployment and so on.

    For a country the size of Morocco, the above is probably not a requirement. Much like the other navies around the world, patrol boats are used for border protection. Having served on PBs "barking up and down the fence" I know it is a tough, dangerous job with little or no recognition from the Head Shed, as they tend to forget about their "Minor War Vessels".

    It made me laugh when I went back to big ships, I asked the Chief in charge of boardings if he required any additional personnel to help out. He asked me what would I know about boardings. I asked him how many he had done, to which he replied none. I said , "Well Chief, I have done about 700". :D

    Regards;

    Johnsy

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