Qahir-class corvette

Class overview
Builders	VT Group, UK
Operators	Oman
Planned	2
Completed	2
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Corvette
Displacement	1,185 long tons (1,204 t) 1,450 long tons (1,470 t) full load
Length	83.70 m (274 ft 7 in) oa 78.50 m (257 ft 7 in) pp
Beam	11.50 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.50 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 4× Crossley-SEMP-Pielstck 16PA6 V280 STC Diesels 32,000 bhp (24,000 kW)
Speed	31  kn (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew	60
Sensors & processing systems	1× Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007 Navigation radar 1× HSA MW-08 3D air/surface search radar 1× Thomson-CSF Castor IIJ MRR Fire control radar 1× HSA STING radar/optical fire control
Armament	1× Otobreda 76 mm 62 Super Rapid gun 2× Oerlikon GAM-BO1 20mm cannon 1× octuple Crotale NG SAM launcher (16 missiles) 8× MM40 Block 2 Exocet anti-ship missiles

The Qahir class is a class of two corvettes designed and built by VT Group in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy of Oman. ^[2] The hull and superstructure has been designed with features including the cladding of surfaces with radar absorbent material and angled sides to reduce the radar cross section. ^{[1] [3]}

Ships in Class

Oman placed an order for two corvettes from Vosper Thornycroft as part of Project Muheet on 5 April 1992, work beginning in September 1992. The two ships were completed in 1996, with the final ship, Al Mua'zzar being delivered to Oman and commissioned in 1997. ^{[1] [3]}

Ship	Pennant Number [1]	Laid Down [1]	Date Launched [1]	Date Commissioned [1]
Qahir Al Amwaj	C 31	17 May 1993	21 September 1994	3 September 1996
Al Mua'zzar	C 32	4 April 1994	26 September 1995	13 April 1997 [3]

See also

• Oman portal

• Khareef-class corvette

Notes and references

1. Baker 1998, pp. 569–570.
2. Todd and Lindberg 1996, p. 32.
3. Saunders 2002, p. 503.

• Baker, A.D. (1998), The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999, Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, ISBN   1-55750-111-4
• Saunders, Stephen, Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003, Coulsdon, Surry, UK: Jane's Information Group, ISBN   0710624328
• Todd, Daniel; Lindberg, Michael (1996), Navies and Shipbuilding Industries: The Strained Symbiosis, Greenwood Publishing, ISBN   978-0-275-95310-2

External links

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