5-Series-class fast attack craft

Class overview
Builders	Myanmar Naval Dockyard
Operators	Myanmar Navy
Succeeded by	49m Stealth FAC (M)
Built	1996–2013
In commission	Hull no: 551–555 (1996); Hull no: 556–558 (2004); Hull no: 559–560 (2005); Hull no: 561–562 (2008); Hull no: 563–570 (2013–2014);
Completed	20
Active	20
General characteristics
Type	Missile boat (556,557,558,561 and 562); Gunboat (others);
Displacement	350 tons (for 551–555)
Length	47 m (154 ft) for hull numbers 551-555,559 and 560.; 56 m (184 ft) for hull numbers 556,557,558,561-570.;
Beam	10 m (33 ft)
Speed	Between 25 kn (46 km/h) and 30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	1,800 mi (2,900 km) at the cruising speed
Sensors and ; processing systems	551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 559, 560; 2 x Furuno navigation radars; 1 x Rice Lamp fire-control radar(for 553,554 and 555); 1 x electro-optic fire-control system(for 559 and 560); 556, 557, 558, 561, 562; 1 x MR-36A surface search radar (with Magnetron transmitters); 1 x MR-34T fire-control radar; 1 x Furuno navigation radar; 2 x Kolonka optical director; 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570; 1 x MR-36A surface search radar (with Magnetron transmitters); 1 x Furuno navigation radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	556,557,558,561 and 562; 1 x NRJ-5A ECM/ESM system ; 2 x Mirage NRJ-5 ECM/ESM system; 4 x Type-A FL-NA flare catridge magazines for various chaff and flare types;
Armament	551 and 552; 1 x Chinese Type-66 57 mm twin AA gun; 1 x 2M-3M 26 mm AA gun; 2 x ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns; 553,554 and 555; 2 x Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun ; 1 x 2M-3M 25mm twin gun; 2 x ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns; 556,557 and 558; 2 x NG-18 30 mm CIWS Gun; 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns ; 4 x C-802 surface-to-surface missiles; 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM ; 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns; 559 and 560; 2 x CRN-91(Medak) 30mm single guns (for 559 and 560); 1 x 2M-3M 26 mm AA gun; 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns; 561 and 562; 2 x NG-18 30 mm CIWS Gun; 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns ; 2 x C-802 surface-to-surface missiles; 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM ; 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns; 563,564,565,566,567,568,569 and 570; 2 x locally-made 37-40 mm naval guns (possibly based on Chinese Type-76A); 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns; 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns; 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM ;
Notes	556 is the first locally-made missile boat.

Last updated February 14, 2024

The 5-Series class is a class of fast attack craft built by the Myanmar Navy between 1996 and 2012. There are twenty ships in this class and the designs and armaments of the ships are different based on their batches and ship types. Ships of the 5-series class are divided into FAC (Missile)s and FAC (Gun)s.

History

The first batch with five FAC(Gun)s (551,552,553,554 and 555) entered service in 1996. The second batch with three FAC(Missile)s (556,557 and 558) were commissioned in 2004.

The third batch with two FAC(Gun)s (559 and 560) were commissioned in 2005. The fourth batch with two FAC(Missile)s (561 and 562) were commissioned in 2008 and the last batch with seven FAC(Gun)s (563,564,565,566,567,568,569 and 570) were commissioned between 2012 and 2013.^[2]^[3]

Design

In 2013, Myanmar Navy also started the modernization of 5-series class fast attack crafts with more advanced weapons, such as fitting the FAC(Gun)s with Igla(SA-24) turrets and substituting the main guns of FAC(Missile)s with NG-18 30mm close-in weapon systems.^[1]

Ships of the class

Pennant	Builder	Commissioned	Homeport
551	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	1996
552	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	1996
553	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	1996
554	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	1996
555	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	1996
556	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2004	Thanlyin
557	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2004	Thanlyin
558	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2004	Thanlyin
559	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2005
560	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2005
561	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2008	Thanlyin
562	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2008	Thanlyin
563	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2013
564	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2013
565	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2013
566	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2013
567	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2013
568	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2013
569	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2013
570	Myanmar Navy Dockyard	2013

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[SIPRI-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "SIPRI Trade Register". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

[2] Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. ISBN 978-981-230-848-1.

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