Royal Navy of Oman

The Royal Navy of Oman was formed in the early 1950s

Ships

• Khareef Class Corvettes: 3 corvettes
• Qahir class corvettes (1996-7) built by Vosper Thornycroft  United Kingdom
  • Q31 Qahir Al Amwaj
  • Q32 Al Mua'zzar
• Dhofar (Province class fast attack craft) (1982–1989) - MM40 Exocet SSMs, Oto 76 mm gun; sisters to Kenya's Nyayo class built by Vosper Thornycroft  United Kingdom
  • B10 Dhofar
  • B11 Al Sharquiyah
  • B12 Al Bat'nah
  • B14 Mussandam
• Al Bushra class 54 m / 450 tonnes patrol craft (1995-6) -
  • Z1 Al Bushra
  • Z2 Al Mansoor
  • Z3 Al Najah
• Al Mabrukah - former royal yacht now used as a patrol ship
• Amphibious ships :
  • L3 Fulk al Salamah - 10,000 ton amphibious transport
  • L2 Nasr al Bahr - small British-built landing ship
  • A2 Al Sultana - small Dutch-built logistics ship
• Al Said - royal yacht
• S1 Shabab Oman - training ship

Missiles

• 50 VT-1Crotale NG SAMs  France
  
• 162 Exocet MM-40 (122 Block-1+ 40 Block-2)  France
  
• Exocet MM-38  France
• Harpoon Block-II  United States
  
• Mica-SAM  France
  

Electronics

• MASS Ship protection system  Germany
  
• 3x SMART-S MK-II Ship sensors  Holland
• 2x MW-8 Air search radar  Holland
  
• 5x Sting fire control radar  Holland
  
• 2x DRBV-51C fire control radar  France
  
• 3x RA-20S air search radar  France
  
• 4x 9LV radar  Sweden
  
• 3x CEROS-200 radar  Sweden

Future ships

• 3 Offshore patrol vessels known the Khareef Class Corvettes  United Kingdom are currently under construction at BAE Systems Surface Ships, in the United Kingdom, for delivery in 2010. They will feature a 12-cell VL Mica launcher, MM40 Exocet Block 3 SSMs, an Oto Melara 76/62 Super Rapid gun, 2 MSI DS 30M 30 mm guns and MASS decoy system.^[1] The first vessel Al-Shamikh is undergoing sea trials.^[2]

Former ships

• Four Brooke Marine patrol craft

Notes and references

See also

• Qahir Al Amwaj