Khareef-class corvette
![]() Al-Rahmani, outbound from Portsmouth Naval Base June 2013.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Khareef class |
Builders | BAE Systems |
Operators | ![]() |
Planned | 3 |
Completed | 3 |
Active | 3 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement | 2,660 tonnes |
Length | 99 m (325 ft) |
Beam | 14.6 m (48 ft) |
Draught | 4.1 m (13 ft) |
Propulsion | Two MTU 4000 series diesel engines |
Speed | 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) |
Endurance | 21 days |
Complement | 100 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x medium helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Enclosed hangar |
The Khareef class are three corvettes operated by the Royal Navy of Oman. The ships were built by BAE Systems at their shipyard in Portsmouth, as part of a £400m deal it also included training by VT Group.
Role[]
The three vessels are capable of:
- Protection of maritime areas of interest including EEZ
- Extended surveillance patrols
- Deterrent operations during times of tension
- Fully interoperable with joint and coalition operations
- Special operations
- Search and rescue
- Maritime disaster relief operations
Ships in class[]
Photo | Ship | Hull number[2] | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
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Al-Shamikh | Q40 | 22 July 2009[3] | (IA 2013) | In active service |
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Al-Rahmani | Q41 | 23 July 2010[4] | In active service | |
Al-Rasikh | Q42 | 27 June 2011 | In active service |
Incidents[]
In March 2012 three BAE engineers were injured after a gun misfired[5] during testing off the Dorset coast.
References[]
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- ^ ""БАе системз" начала морские испытания головного корвета типа "Кариф" ВМС Омана". flot.com. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2014. (Russian)
- ^ "KHAREEF CLASS". Military Edge. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Al-Shamikh launched, www.bvtsurfacefleet.com, 22 July 2009 Archived 18 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Al-Rahmani launched, www.baesystems.com, 23 July 2010 Archived 3 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Whitehead, Tom (18 March 2012). "BAE staff injured in gun test". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- Corvettes of the Royal Navy of Oman
- Ships built in Southampton
- Corvette classes