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ROYAL SAUDI NAVY (SAUDI ARABIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ADDIRIYAH coastal minesweepers (1978)

Addiriyah 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
ضريه [Addiriyah] 412   Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA 12.5.1976 20.12.1976 6.7.1978 in service (2019)
القيصومه [Al Quysumah] 414   Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA 24.8.1976 26.5.1977 15.8.1978 in service (2019)
الواديلة [Al Wadeeah] 416   Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA 28.12.1976 6.9.1977 7.9.1978 in service (2019)
صفوة [Safwa] 518   Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA 5.3.1977 7.12.1977 20.10.1978 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

320

Displacement full, t

405

Length, m

46.6

Breadth, m

8.29

Draught, m

4.06

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Waukesha E1616DSIN diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 67, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

SPS-55 radar, SQQ-14 sonar

Complement

39

Project history: US MSC322 type (Bluebird class). Built in the USA under International Logistics Programme.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Al Quysumah 1996

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