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Basic information
Type:
Operators:
Royal Navy of OmanCountry of build:
Builder:
Planned:
3
Completed:
3
Ship measurements
Displacement:
2,660 t
Length:
99 m
Beam:
14.6 m
Draft:
4.1 m
Machine
Propulsion:
- 2 * MTU 4000 series diesel engines
Speed:
28 knots
Range:
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Personnel
Complement:
100
Combat assets
Electronics:
- SMART-S Mk2 3D S-band multibeam radar
- TACTICOS combat management system
- Thales Nederland Sting electro-optic weapons director
Armament:
- 1 * 76 mm OTO Melara gun
- 2 * 30mm MSI DS30M cannon
- 12 * VL MICA surface-to-air missiles
- 8 * MM-40 Block III Exocet surface-to-surface missiles
Aircraft:
- 1 * medium helicopter
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.
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
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