page_title: Libyan Navy
section_title: Frigate
hierarchical_section_title: Libyan Navy / Former ships / Frigate
caption_attribution_description: English: Libyan frigate project 1159-TR Al Ghardabia in Valletta. Русский: Ливийский фрегат проекта 1159-ТР Аль Гардабия в Валлетте.
context_page_description: Libyan Navy is the branch of the Libyan military responsible for naval warfare. Established in November 1962, before the Libyan Civil War it was a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability. The Navy has always been the smallest of Libya's services and has always been dependent on foreign sources for equipment, spare parts, and training. Most of the Gaddafi era fleet was destroyed in 2011. Since the start of the ongoing internal conflict, the Libyan Navy is aligned with the Government of National Accord, led by the Presidential Council in Tripoli, apart from coastal patrol vessels under the control of the Libyan National Army.
context_section_description: 1 × Vosper Mk.7 frigate Dat Assawari:(scrapped in 1990)
  Armament
  1 × 114 mm Mk.8 gun
  2 × 40 mm/70 AA guns
  2 × 35 mm/90 Oerlikon
  2 × Seacat SSMs (Removed)
  1 × quad Aspide SAM launcher
  4 × single Otomat AShM launchers
  1 × Limbo Mk.10 ASW mortar
  2 × triple 324 mm (12.75 in) ASW torpedo tubes
  Origin:  United Kingdom
  1 × Koni-class frigate (Type 1159) 
  213 Al Ghardabia: (struck by NATO in Tripoli Harbour 20 May 2011)
  Armament:
  4 × SS-N-2C Styx SSMs
  2 × SA-N-4 SAMs
  4 × 76mm guns
  4 × 30mm guns
  4 × 406mm torpedoes
  1 × RBU-6000 A/S mortar
  20 mines
  Origin:  Soviet Union
caption: Libyan frigate Al Ghardabia in Valletta, 2005.
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