Al-Ofouq-class patrol vessel

Class overview
Builders: ST Marine
Operators:  Oman
Preceded by: Province-class fast attack craft
Building: 1
Planned: 4
Completed: 3
Active: 0
General characteristics
Class & type: Patrol Boat
Displacement: 1,100 tonnes [1]
Length: 75 m (246 ft)[1]
Beam: 10.8 m (35 ft)[1]
Draught: 3.3 m (11 ft)[1]
Propulsion: Two x MTU 20V 8000 M91 diesel engines, CODELOD
Speed: 25 knots[1]
Range: 3,000 nm[1]
Complement: 66[1]
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Thales Variant 2D radar[2]
  • TACTICOS combat management system[2]
  • Thales Nederland STIR 1.2 EO Mk 2 electro-optic weapons director[2]
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Thales Vigile ESM[2]
  • Lacroix Sylena multimode soft-kill decoy system
Armament:

The Al-Ofouq-class are 4 patrol vessels currently under construction for the Royal Navy of Oman as replacements for the Province-class fast attack craft patrol vessels.

Following a competitive international tender in April 2012, ST Marine of Singapore won the USD703 million contract from the Omani Defence Ministry, beating off Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and India's Goa Shipyard.[4] The Al-Ofouq-class is based on the 75m variant of the 55m Fearless-class patrol vessel currently used by the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Ships of Class

 Number   Pennant Number   Name   Builder   Launched   Commissioned   Status 
1 Z 20 Al-Seeb ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 29-Jan-2014[4] 31-Mar-2015 [5] Accepted
2 Z 21 Al-Shinas[5] ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 17-Jun-2014[4] Fitting out/sea trials
3 Z 22 Sadh ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 17-Sep-2014[4] Launched/Fitting out
4 Z 23 Khassab ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore Building

See also

External links

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Al-Ofouq-class Project Reference". Cofelyaxima Marine. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Thales lands contract for Omani Patrol Vessels" (PDF). Thales. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  3. ↑ "Naval Mid-Cal: Remote-control Cannon Proliferation at Sea". Armada International. 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "ST Marine launches third Omani patrol vessel". IHS Janes. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  5. 1 2 "Oman accepts first Al-Ofouq patrol vessel, names second". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
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