''Mourad Rais'' (901) (also transliterated ''Murat Reis'', ar, مراد رايس) is the first Koni II-class frigate of the

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Design and description

''Mourad Rais'' is a Project 1159T frigate (

NATO reporting name NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...

: Koni II). The frigate has a length of , beam of and draught of . The frigate has a displacement of standard and at full load. The ship is powered by

combined diesel and gas Combined diesel and gas (CODAG) is a type of propulsion system for ships that need a maximum speed that is considerably faster than their cruise speed, particularly warships like modern frigates or corvettes. Pioneered by Germany with the , a ...

(CODAG) propulsion system, consisted of one SGW Nikolayev M8B gas turbine with and two Russki B-68

diesel engine The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-call ...

s with connected to three shafts. She has a top speed of with gas turbine and with diesels only, and range of with cruising speed of . The ship has a complement of 130 personnel. The ship is armed with two

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twin-barrel 76 mm guns and two

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twin-barrel 30 mm autocannons. For anti-submarine warfare, the frigate are equipped with a pair of

RBU-6000 The RBU-6000 Smerch-2 (Реактивно-Бомбовая Установка, ''Reaktivno-Bombovaja Ustanovka''; reaction engine-bomb installation & Смерч; waterspout) is a 213 mm caliber Soviet Union, Soviet anti-submarine weapon, a ...

''Smerch-2'' 12-barrel

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launchers and two

depth charge A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon. It is intended to destroy a submarine by being dropped into the water nearby and detonating, subjecting the target to a powerful and destructive Shock factor, hydraulic shock. Most depth ...

racks. The ship could also carry 22

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s. As built, ''Mourad Rais'' was equipped with one 4K33 Osa-M (SA-N-4 'Gecko') twin missile launcher with capacity of 20 missiles for anti-aircraft and limited anti-surface capability. As built, the ship sensor suites includes 3P-60 UE weapons control, MR-302 ''Rubka'' ("Strut Curve") air/surface

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, ''Don-2''

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, "High Pole B"

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, "Watch Dog" and "Quad Loop"

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(ESM) systems, two optronic directors, and MG-322 hull-mounted sonar.

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for the weapons consisted of ''Fut-B'' ("Hawk Screech") radar for the 76 mm guns, MR-104 ''Rys'' ("Drum Tilt") radar for the 30 mm autocannons, and MPZ-301 ("Pop Group") radar for missile control. The vessel was also equipped with two PK-16 decoy-dispenser system which used

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as a form of

missile defense Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived as a defense against nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), ...

Modernization

''Mourad Rais'' underwent a modernization refit at

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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

from late 2007 to 2011. The refit included the replacement of MR-302 ''Rubka'' with Pozitiv-ME1.2 radar, the removal of 4K33 Osa-M missile launcher and ''Fut-B'' radar, and replacement of ESM and decoy systems with new NRJ-6A ESM system and two PJ-46 decoy launchers.

Construction and career

The frigate was laid down on 10 June 1978 at the A.M. Gorky Shipyard in Zelenodolsk with

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250. Launched on 12 January 1980, the ship was temporarily commissioned with the Soviet Navy on 30 September 1980 as ''SKR-482''. The ship was delivered to Algeria via

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in December 1980. She was commissioned into Algerian National Navy as ''Mourad Rais'' on 20 December 1980.

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