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ROYAL NAVY OF OMAN (OMAN)

ESCORTS

AL BUSHRA patrol boats (1973)

Al Mansur 1985

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
البشرى [Al Bushra] B1   Broke Marine, Lowestoft, UK     22.1.1973 foundered 28.11.1978
المنصور [Al Mansur] B2   Broke Marine, Lowestoft, UK     26.3.1973 stricken 1986
النجاح [Al Najah] B3   Broke Marine, Lowestoft, UK     13.5.1973 stricken 1983

 

Displacement standard, t

135

Displacement full, t

153

Length, m

37.5

Breadth, m

6.65

Draught, m

1.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman Ventura 16RP200 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3250(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564

Electronic equipment

Decca TM916 radar

Complement

29

Project history: Ordered in 1971. Brooke Marine 37.5m class.

Modernizations: 1978, all: - 2 x 1 - 40/70, Decca TM916 radar; + 2 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (2 MM38), 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, Decca 1229 radar, Sea Archer e/o system

Naval service: Al Bushra 28.11.1978 was washed off the delivery ship in the Bay of Biscay while shipped home after modernization.

Al Mansoor 1978

 

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