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Ultra Fast Attack Craft
The Ultra Fast Attack Craft, commonly known as the Ultra Fast-Attack Craft, the UFAC, or Colombo class, is a Sri Lankan ultra high-speed class of patrol boats meant for a variety of naval missions from off-shore coastal patrol missions to high-speed, high-maneuver littoral warfare. They are based on the Shaldag boats made by Israel.
Built by Colombo Dockyard Limited for the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), they became the workhorse of the SLN against Sea tiger boats of the LTTE in the Sri Lankan civil war.
Deliveries of the P450 and P451 were in 1996 as the first UFACs in the SLN. The P490-492, P494, P494 and the P497 were delivered in 1997. The P410-P415, the P417 and P419-P424 were delivered in 2000. P430 and P432-439 were delivered in 2005.
In 2000, P493 and P496 were sunk. On 27 December 2007, one UFAC Series II (P413) was destroyed and another damaged during an encounter between Sri Lankan Navy and Sea Tiger patrol boats between Delft Island and Mannar. In May 2006, P418 was sunk. On 22 March 2008, a UFAC (P438) was taken out via Sea Tiger suicide attack at the waters off Nayaru and the Kokilai lagoon south of Mulaithivu District. P434 was taken out in 2009.
In 2003, P474 and P494 were deployed to intercept a tanker ship used by the LTTE with no losses.
In August 2017, the crew of P494 rescued four Indian fisherman from drowning at 8.5 nautical miles west of Analaitivu island.
The P494, in service from 1997, taken off service briefly for retrofitting from October 2019 to January 2022 to replace engines and drive control systems alongside the deck exterior.
The first coastal surveillance vessel was made in 1997 and delivered for the MNDF Coast Guard on 20 January 1998 as the Nooradheen T701 (ex-P214), formerly known as the Ghazee. Another was delivered on 7 December 1998 as the Iskandhar T702 (ex-223).
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Ultra Fast Attack Craft
The Ultra Fast Attack Craft, commonly known as the Ultra Fast-Attack Craft, the UFAC, or Colombo class, is a Sri Lankan ultra high-speed class of patrol boats meant for a variety of naval missions from off-shore coastal patrol missions to high-speed, high-maneuver littoral warfare. They are based on the Shaldag boats made by Israel.
Built by Colombo Dockyard Limited for the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), they became the workhorse of the SLN against Sea tiger boats of the LTTE in the Sri Lankan civil war.
Deliveries of the P450 and P451 were in 1996 as the first UFACs in the SLN. The P490-492, P494, P494 and the P497 were delivered in 1997. The P410-P415, the P417 and P419-P424 were delivered in 2000. P430 and P432-439 were delivered in 2005.
In 2000, P493 and P496 were sunk. On 27 December 2007, one UFAC Series II (P413) was destroyed and another damaged during an encounter between Sri Lankan Navy and Sea Tiger patrol boats between Delft Island and Mannar. In May 2006, P418 was sunk. On 22 March 2008, a UFAC (P438) was taken out via Sea Tiger suicide attack at the waters off Nayaru and the Kokilai lagoon south of Mulaithivu District. P434 was taken out in 2009.
In 2003, P474 and P494 were deployed to intercept a tanker ship used by the LTTE with no losses.
In August 2017, the crew of P494 rescued four Indian fisherman from drowning at 8.5 nautical miles west of Analaitivu island.
The P494, in service from 1997, taken off service briefly for retrofitting from October 2019 to January 2022 to replace engines and drive control systems alongside the deck exterior.
The first coastal surveillance vessel was made in 1997 and delivered for the MNDF Coast Guard on 20 January 1998 as the Nooradheen T701 (ex-P214), formerly known as the Ghazee. Another was delivered on 7 December 1998 as the Iskandhar T702 (ex-223).
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