Badr-class corvette

Saudi Arabian missile corvette Tabuk (618) underway during Operation Desert Shield
Class overview
Name	Badr class
Builders	Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Operators	Royal Saudi Navy
In commission	1981-present
Building	4
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	1,038 tons
Length	245 ft (75 m)
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Installed power	1 GE LM-2500 gas turbine
Propulsion	2 MTU 12V652 TB91 diesels
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	75
Sensors and processing systems	Radars Lockheed SPS-40B (Air search) ISC Cardion SPS-55 (surface search) Sperry Mk 92 (fire control) Sonar Hull-mounted Raytheon SQS-56 (DE1164)
Electronic warfare & decoys	SQ-32(V)1 ESM
Armament	Eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon launchers, 2 × 4 One FMC/OTO Melara 3-inch (76 mm)/62 Mk 75 Mod 0 One GE/GD 20 mm 6-barrel Vulcan Phalanx Two Oerlikon 20 mm/80 One 81 mm mortar One 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher Six 324 mm US Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) Honeywell Mk 46 Decoys: Two Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrel Mk 36 fixed launchers

The Badr class is a class of corvette built by the United States and operated by the Saudi Navy. The class has been relegated to a coastal defence role following the modernisation of the Saudi fleet. There are four vessels in service; Badr, Al Yarmook, Hitteen and Tabuk.

References

Watts, Anthony J. (2006). Jane's Warship Recognition Guide. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 258. ISBN 0-00-718327-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

External image
Photo of RSN Badr (612)