The Khareef-class are a trio of corvettes in service in the Royal Navy of Oman.
The ships are being built by Vosper Thorncryft Shipbuilding at their Shipyard in Portsmouth, as part of a £400m deal which will also include training.
Specifications[]
- Type: Corvette
- Service Period: 2013-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 325 feet (99.06 meters)
- Beam: 48 feet (14.63 meters)
- Draft: 13 feet (3.96 meters)
- Displacement: 2,620 tons
- Crew: 100
- Endurance: 21 days
- Propulsion: 2 x MTU diesel engines
- Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers)
- Speed: 28 knots (51.86 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- SMART-S Mk2 3D S-Band Multibeam RDF
- TACTICOS Combat Management System
- Thales Nederland Sting Electro-Optical Weapons Director
- Armament
- 1 x Oto Melara 76mm/62-caliber naval gun
- 2 x MSI 30mm DS30M Mk.II autocannons
- 8 x MM40 Block III Exocet AShMs
- 12 x MBDA VL-MICA AAMs
- Aircraft Carried: 1 x helicopter
- Aviation Facilites: Enclosed Hangar and Beartrap equipped Flight Deck
Unit Run[]
- ONS Al-Shamikh (Q40)
- ONS Al-Rahmani (Q41)
- ONS Al-Rasikh (Q42)