C-60 class
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
C-60 class |
| Builders: |
Bluefront Inc. |
| Operators: |
 Kivuian Navy |
| Built: |
1968 - 1971 |
| In service: |
1970 – present |
| Planned: |
6 |
| Completed: |
6 |
| Active: |
5 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
C-60class |
| Type: |
Corvette |
| Displacement: |
- Full load: 1,401 long tons (1,423 t)
- Standard: 1,252 long tons (1,272 t)
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| Length: |
84.6 m (277 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: |
1,035 m (3,395 ft 8 in) |
| Draught: |
3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft, 2 OEW Pielstick diesel engines, 7,870 kW (10,560 bhp) |
| Speed: |
24.4 knots (28.1 mph; 45.2 km/h) |
| Range: |
5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Troops: |
34 marines |
| Complement: |
93 |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
- Western Electric AN/SPG-34 fire-control radar
- Kelvin Hugues surface search radar
- MLA-1B air search radar
- QCU-2 sonar
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| Armament: |
- 1 × twin 3 in (76 mm)/50 calibre Mk 33 guns
- 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in)/L70 Bofors guns
- Hedgehog ASW mortar
- 2 × depth charge throwers
- 2 × depth charge racks (removed in 1987)
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| Aircraft carried: |
1 x helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: |
One helicopter hangar and Helipad |
The C-60 class, is a class of corvettes constructed by Bluefront Inc. for the Kivuian Navy. The cheap cost of these ships resulted in the C-60 class being used as the basis for several future ship classes, such as the C-70 class corvettes, and the Steward-class corvettes.
Ships in the Class
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