Al Shamikh 2015
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
الشامخ [Al Shamikh] | Q40 | VT Group, Portsmouth, UK | 24.10.2007 | 22.7.2009 | 26.6.2013 | in service (2020) | |
الرحمان [Al Rahmani] | Q41 | VT Group, Portsmouth, UK | 1.8.2008 | 23.7.2010 | 30.10.2013 | in service (2020) | |
الراسخ [Al Rasikh] | Q42 | VT Group, Portsmouth, UK | 1.2.2009 | 27.6.2011 | 28.5.2014 | in service (2020) |
Displacement standard, t |
2000 |
Displacement full, t |
2500 |
Length, m |
90.0 pp 98.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
14.6 |
Draught, m |
4.10 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 MTU 20V8000 M71 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
24760 |
Max speed, kts |
25 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3500(16) |
Armament |
2 x 2 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40 Block III), 2 x 6 VL MICA SAM (12 MICA), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 30/75 DS-30M, 1 helicopter (Super Lynx 300) |
Electronic equipment |
SMART-S Mk 2, Sting EO Mk 2 (inc. e/o system), type 2007 radars, Vigile 400 ECM suite, 2x MASS decoy RL, TACTICOS CCS |
Complement |
92 |
Project history: Project Khareef. Multipurpose OPV, VT designed and ordered in 2007. Number of carried Exocet SSMs can be increased to 8.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Al Rasikh 2014
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