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Al-Ofouq-class patrol vessel

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Class overview
BuildersST Marine
Operators Oman
Preceded byProvince-class fast attack craft
Planned4
Building0
Completed4
Active0
General characteristics
Class and typePatrol Boat
Displacement1,100 tonnes [1]
Length75 m (246 ft)[1]
Beam10.8 m (35 ft)[1]
Draught3.3 m (11 ft)[1]
PropulsionTwo x MTU 20V 8000 M91 diesel engines, CODELOD
Speed25 knots[1]
Range3,000 nm[1]
Complement66[1]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Thales Variant 2D radar[3]
  • TACTICOS combat management system[3]
  • Thales Nederland STIR 1.2 EO Mk 2 electro-optic weapons director[3]
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Thales Vigile ESM[3]
  • Lacroix Sylena multimode soft-kill decoy system
Armament
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck capable of launching one medium-sized helicopter[2]

The Al-Ofouq-class are 4 patrol vessels of Royal Navy of Oman as replacements for the Province-class fast attack craft patrol vessels.

Following a competitive international tender in April 2012, ST Marine of Singapore won the USD703 million contract from the Omani Defence Ministry, beating off Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and India's Goa Shipyard.[5] The Al-Ofouq-class is based on the 75m variant of the 55m Fearless-class patrol vessel currently used by the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Ships of Class

 Number   Pennant Number   Name   Builder   Launched   Commissioned   Status 
1 Z 20 Al-Seeb ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 29 January 2014[5] 31 March 2015[6] Active
2 Z 21 Al-Shinas[6] ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 14 June 2014[5] Active
3 Z 22 Sadh ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 17 September 2014[5] Active
4 Z 23 Khassab ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 24 June 2016[2] 2 August 2016 Active

See also

External links

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Al-Ofouq-class Project Reference". Cofelyaxima Marine. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  2. ^ a b Rahmat, Ridzwan. "ST Marine delivers Oman's final Al-Ofouq patrol vessel". IHS Jane's 360. IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Thales lands contract for Omani Patrol Vessels" (PDF). Thales. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  4. ^ "Naval Mid-Cal: Remote-control Cannon Proliferation at Sea". Armada International. 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  5. ^ a b c d "ST Marine launches third Omani patrol vessel". IHS Janes. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  6. ^ a b "Oman accepts first Al-Ofouq patrol vessel, names second". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01.