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ROYAL SAUDI NAVY (SAUDI ARABIA)

COAST GUARD

AL AZIZAH patrol hydrofoil (1985)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
العزيزه [Al Azizah]     Boeing, Seattle, USA     8/1985 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

115

Length, m

27.4 foils down

Breadth, m

9.10

Draught, m

1.90 hull 5.20 foil down at rest 2.00 foiling

No of shafts

2 waterjets + 2

Machinery

2 Allison 501-KF20A gas turbines / 2 General Motors 8V92TI diesels

Power, h. p.

9000 / 900

Max speed, kts

46

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil 33

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(15)

Armament

2 x 3 - 20/67 Sea Vulcan

Electronic equipment LN-66 radar, HSV-20NCS e/o system

Complement

 

Project history: Jetfoil-type hydrofoil royal yacht tender, Royal Yacht Squadron. Aluminium cosntruction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019