RECEIPT OF SPANISH-BUILT FRIGATE IN MOROCCO CASABLANCA NAVAL BASE AND HEADQUARTERS, MOROCCO (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 20, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG (10/83)
20 OCTOBER 1983
RECEIPT OF SPANISH-BUILT FRIGATE IN MOROCCO
CASABLANCA NAVAL BASE AND HEADQUARTERS, MOROCCO (SWN)
REMARKS: A DESCUBIERTA-CLASS MOROCCAN FRIGATE (PENNANT NO.
501) WAS OBSERVED AT CASABLANCA NAVAL BASE A HQ ON IMAGERY OF
THE FRIGATE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR EXOCET LAUNCH 25X1
CANISTERS BEHIND THE SHIP'S SUPERSTRUCTURE. FOURTEEN PROBABLE
EXOCET LAUNCH CANISTERS WERE ALSO ON THE MOLE NEAR THE SHIP.
(SWN)
COLLATERAL INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE FRIGATE, THE
LT. COL. ARRHAMMANI, VISITED MARSEILLE, FRANCE, DURING AUGUST
OR SEPTEMBER. AT THAT TIME 14 MM-38 EXOCET MISSILES WERE
REPORTEDLY LOADED ONTO THE SHIP. (C)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS:' THE ACQUISITION OF THIS EXOCET-EQUIPPED
FRIGATE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE MOROCCO'S ABILITY TO DEFEND
ITS COASTAL WATERS. OTHER MOROCCAN SURFACE COMBATANTS (NOT
ALL ON GRAPHIC) INCLUDED FOUR CORMORAN-CLASS PTG, TWO PR-72 -
CLASS PG, SEVERAL PATROL BOATS OF VARIOUS SIZES, AND THREE
BATRAL-CLASS LSM. (SW N)
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COORDINATES 33-36-37N 007-36-SOW (S) 25X1
COLLATERAL REFERENCE: USDAO RABAT, 121516Z SEP 83, FRANCE
SELLS EXOCET MISSILES MODEL M-38 TO MOROCCO. (C)
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SIGNIFICANCE: A SPANISH-BUILT, DESCUBIERTA-CLASS FRIGATE HAS
BEEN DELIVERED TO MOROCCO. THIS IS THE FIRST VESSEL OF THIS
TYPE EXPORTED BY SPAIN AND IS THE FIRST FRIGATE TO BE ADDED TO
THE MOROCCAN NAVY. (SWN)
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