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QAHIR AL AMWAJ corvettes (1996)

Qahir Al Amwaj 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
قاهر الأمواج [Qahir Al Amwaj] C31, 2003- Q31   Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 21.5.1993 21.9.1994 3.9.1996 in service (2020)
المزار [Al Muazzar] C32, 2003- Q32   Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 4.4.1994 26.9.1995 4.12.1996 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

1135

Displacement full, t

1450

Length, m

76.0 pp 83.7 oa

Breadth, m

11.5

Draught, m

3.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Crossley-Pielstick 16PA6 V280STC diesels

Power, h. p.

30400

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil 156

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(15)

Armament

2 x 4 MM40 Exocet SSM (8 MM40 Block II), 1 x 8 Crotale NG SAM (16 Crotale VT-1), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

type 1007, MW-08, Castor IIJ, Sting radars, IRSCAN e/o system, DR-3000S1 Compact ECM suite, 2x SuperBarricade decoy RL, SEWACO-FD CCS

Complement

76

Project history: Project Muheet, ordered in 1992. Have 20.5x11.5m helicopter deck but no hangar. Can be fitted with 2 triple 324mm ASW TTs and ATAS towed sonar array.

Modernizations: 2011, both: - DR-3000S1 Compact ECM suite, SEWACO-FD CCS; + Vigile 400 ECM suite, TACTICOS CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Qahir Al Amwaj 2008

 

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