Djebel Chenoua-class corvette

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Algerian Navy corvette El Kirch
Class overview
Builders	ECRN Mers el Kebir
Operators	Algerian National Navy
In service	1980–present
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	550 tons (full load)
Length	58.40 m (191.6 ft)
Beam	8.50 m (27.9 ft)
Draught	2.59 m (8.5 ft)
Propulsion	3 × MTU 20V-538-TB92 diesels 3 × shafts
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h)
Range	1.000 Nmi (1.852 km)
Boats & landing craft carried	Rigid-hulled inflatable boat
Complement	52 (including 6 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: Attack radar Type 363A/S Acquisition radar Type 374G
Electronic warfare & decoys	Countermeasures; 2 × Decoy launchers.
Armament	Guns: 1 × AK-176 (76 mm) 1 × AK-630 (6 barrels × 30 mm) CIWS Missiles: 4 × C-802 active radar homing to 120km at (Mach 0.9) Fire control: Optronic director Type 88C

The Djebel Chenoua-class corvettes are ships of Algerian design and assembly, developed in the shipyards of Mers el-Kebir near Oran and built in the 1980s. The 4 units are specialized in anti-ship warfare and search and rescue operations.

All four ships are now equipped with four C-802 missiles made in China. The missile was derived from the French Exocet, has a 120 km range and an automatic guidance system. The ships are armed with a Russian AK-176 76 mm main gun with a high rate of fire installed at the bow and a Gatling-type AK-630 30 mm air defense gun installed aft.

• Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2002). Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-24328.