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ROYAL SAUDI NAVY (SAUDI ARABIA)

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BADR corvettes (1981-1983)

Badr 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
بدر [Badr] 612   Tacoma Boat, Tacoma, USA 30.5.1979 26.1.1980 28.9.1981 in service (2019)
اليرموك [Al Yarmook] 614   Tacoma Boat, Tacoma, USA 13.12.1979 13.5.1980 10.5.1982 in service (2019)
حطين [Hitteen] 616   Tacoma Boat, Tacoma, USA 19.5.1980 5.9.1980 12.10.1982 in service (2019)
تبوك [Tabuk] 618   Tacoma Boat, Tacoma, USA 22.9.1980 18.6.1981 10.1.1983 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

900

Displacement full, t

1035

Length, m

74.7

Breadth, m

9.60

Draught, m

2.59

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 1 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbine / 2 MTU 12V652 TB91 diesels

Power, h. p.

23000 / 3000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(20)

Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar, 2 x 1 - 40/19 Mk 19 grenade launchers, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 mod.5 TT (Mk 46 mod.2)

Electronic equipment

SPS-40B, SPS-55, Mk 92, Mk 90 radars, SQS-56 sonar, SLQ-32(v)1 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL

Complement

58

Project history: US PCG1 type, ordered in 1977. Powerfully armed for their size and equipped with modern US electronics. Ships were completed with 25% overweight.

Modernizations: 2001-2002, all: + Safire e/o system

Naval service: No significant events.

Tabuk 2012

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