In the Libyan port city of Benghazi, a small rocket ship of the 1234 project of Tarig Ibn Ziyad burned down.
Militants of the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council and Ansar Al-Shariya fighters launched an offensive against military positions in the area of the seaport and naval base of Benghazi. According to some data, during the attack the ship came under fire from Islamist mortars, according to others, Grad multiple rocket launchers. It is also reported that as a result of the fire, three members of the crew of ISCs died.
The USSR supplied Libya with four small rocket ships of the 1234 project, built at the Vympel Rybinsk shipbuilding plant, in 1981-1984.
On March 25, 1986, one of them - Al Zaquit - sank American forces, later another one - Ain Al Gazala - was decommissioned and dismantled for parts. May 19, 2011 aviation NATO destroyed the defective Ain Zaara, which was in Misurata.
Thus, the Libyan Navy had the last ship - Tarig Ibn Ziyad, which was based in Benghazi. In February 2011, he fell into the hands of the rebels, then became part of fleet new Libya, but now, apparently, has found its end.
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