Tunisia receives eight German Albatros FACs

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Tunisia receives eight German Albatros FACs; Only four of the FACs left in Germany
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israeli	Dec 8 2005, 11:37 PM Post #1
Posts: 3,069 Group: Elite Member #22 Joined: July 13, 2004	http://www.usni.org/proceedings/Articles05/Pro09cfleets.htm Tunisia recently acquired two aging, though still capable, Type 143-class guided missile patrol craft from Germany. The 36-knot, 400-ton (full load), Type 143s have served Germany well throughout nearly three decades. Four additional Type 143s are to be transferred to Tunisia by year's end. The ex-German Sperber, renamed Hamilcar, was transferred in July together with sister Greif, renamed Hannon. By the end of September, two additional German Type 143 craft, Geier and Seeadler, will have also been transferred to Tunisia and renamed Hamilcon and Hannibal respectively. Once those transfers are complete, sisters Habicht and Kormoran will be transferred by December and renamed Hasdrubal and Giscon. The four Type 143 guided missile craft remaining in German inventory are expected to retire in the near future. - i hope the PN will be able to get the four remaining Albatros class FACs before they are gone.
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