Khareef-class corvette

Al-Rahmani, outbound from Portsmouth Naval Base June 2013.
Class overview
Name	Khareef class
Builders	BAE Systems
Operators	Oman
Planned	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
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 & processing systems	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 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	Launched	Commissioned	Status
	Al-Shamikh	Q40	22 July 2009	(IA 2013)	In active service
	Al-Rahmani	Q41	23 July 2010		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 during testing off the Dorset coast.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Khareef-class corvette.

• BVT News Release regarding Al Shamikh launch
• Naval Technology
• "Khareef class Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) - Royal Navy of Oman". navyrecognition.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.