Al Riyadh 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| الرياض [Al Riyadh] | 812 | DCN, Lorient, France | 28.6.1999 | 1.8.2000 | 26.7.2002 | in service (2019) | |
| مكه [Makkah] | 814 | DCN, Lorient, France | 8.8.2000 | 20.7.2001 | 3.4.2004 | in service (2019) | |
| الدمام [Al Dammam] | 816 | DCN, Lorient, France | 24.7.2001 | 7.9.2002 | 23.10.2004 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
3750 |
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Displacement full, t |
4650 |
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Length, m |
128.0 pp 133.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
17.2 |
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Draught, m |
4.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 SEMT-Pielstick 16PA6V280STC diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
28200 |
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Max speed, kts |
25 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
7000(15) |
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Armament |
812: 2 x 4 MM40 Exocet Block II SSM (8 MM40 Block II), 2 x 8 Sylver A43 SAM (VLS, 16 Aster-15), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Compact, 2 x 1 - 20/90 F2, 4 - 533 TT (F17P), 1 helicopter (SA-365F Dauphin) 814, 816: 2 x 4 MM40 Exocet Block II SSM (8 MM40 Block II), 2 x 8 Sylver A43 SAM (VLS, 16 Aster-15), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 20/90 F2, 4 - 533 TT (F17P), 1 helicopter (SA-365F Dauphin) |
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Electronic equipment |
Arabel, DRBV-26D Jupiter, 2x Decca 20V90, Castor 2JC radars, Spherion, CAPTAS 20 (UMS-4223) sonars, DR3000S2, Salamandre B2, Altesse, TRC281 ECM suites, 2x Dagaie Mk 2 decoy RL, TAVITAC 2000 CCS |
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Complement |
222 |
Project history: Project definition contract was granted to France in 1989 but only in 1994 contract of building of two ships under "Sawari 2" program was signed. Third unit was ordered in 1997.
Modernizations: 2003, Al Riyadh: - 1 x 1 - 100/55; + 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR
Naval service: Makkah was badly damaged by grounding on coral reef in Red Sea 3.12.2004, engine room was completely flooded. She returned to service only in 2010.
Al Riyad 2006
© Ivan Gogin, 2019