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ROYAL BAHRAIN NAVAL FORCE (BAHRAIN)

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SABHA frigate (1981/1996)

Sabha 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
صبحى [Sabha] (ex-Jack Williams) 90 379 General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, USA 25.2.1980 30.8.1980 19.9.1981 // 13.9.1996 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

2769

Displacement full, t

3658

Length, m

125.9 wl 135.6 oa

Breadth, m

13.7

Draught, m

5.80 mean 6.70 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines

Power, h. p.

41000

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil 587

Endurance, nm(kts) 4200(20)

Armament

1 x 1 Harpoon SSM / Standard SM-1MR SAM (4 RGM-84 + 36 RIM-66), 1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 helicopters (AS.365F Dauphin)

Electronic equipment

SPS-55, SPS-49(v)4, Mk 92 Mod.4, SPG-60, Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(v)2 sonar suite (SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar + SQR-18A towed array), SLQ-32(v)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, NTDS CCS

Complement

215

   

Project history: Former USN Oliver H. Perry-class frigate.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sabha 2003

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