Al Manama 2000
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
المنامة [Al Manama] | 50 | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 1986 | 14.12.1987 | in service (2020) | ||
المحرق [Al Muharraq] | 51 | Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany | 1986 | 3.2.1988 | in service (2020) |
Displacement standard, t |
536 |
Displacement full, t |
632 |
Length, m |
59.9 pp 63.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
9.30 |
Draught, m |
2.90 |
No of shafts |
4 |
Machinery |
4 MTU 20V538 TB93 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
19600 |
Max speed, kts |
34 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 120 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(16) |
Armament |
2 x 2 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 1 helicopter (AS.365F) |
Electronic equipment |
Decca 1226, 9LV331 (9LV200 radar with e/o system), Sea Giraffe 50HC radars, 2x Panda Mk 2 e/o systems, Cygnus, Cutlass B-1 ECM suites, 2x Dagaie decoy RL |
Complement |
43 |
Project history: Small craft, versatile missile corvettes armed also with helicopter. Big after superstructure under the helicopter deck contains helicopter hangar and a lift. Can serve as leadres for FAC squadrons providing over-horizon targeting for SSMs using the helicopter.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Al Muharraq 2008
© Ivan Gogin, 2020