EL AYOUK (GC-323) class

 6 COASTAL PATROL CRAFT (Italian MANGUSTA design)

 Name       Pendant
 EL AYOUK   GC-323
 ZOUHEL     GC-324
 REQUIN     GC-331
 ....       GC-332
 MARSOUIN   GC-333
 MURENE     GC-334

These Italian-designed craft are employed for coastal patrol duties.

The craft were delivered in 1977 and 1978.

All six units were decommissioned between 1998 and 2001, but were returned to service from 2006 to 2008.

The Israeli Institute for National Security Studies reported this class in...