Badr-class corvette

Saudi Arabian missile corvette Tabuk (618) underway during Operation Desert Shield
Class overview
Name:	Badr class
Builders:	Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Operators:	Royal Saudi Navy
In commission:	1981-present
Building:	4
Completed:	4
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	1,038 tons
Length:	245 ft (75 m)
Beam:	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Draught:	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Installed power:	1 GE LM-2500 gas turbine
Propulsion:	2 MTU 12V652 TB91 diesels
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:	75
Sensors and processing systems:	Radars Lockheed SPS-40B (Air search) ISC Cardion SPS-55 (surface search) Sperry Mk 92 (fire control) Sonar Hull-mounted Raytheon SQS-56 (DE1164)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	SQ-32(V)1 ESM
Armament:	Eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon launchers, 2 × 4 One FMC/OTO Melara 3-inch (76 mm)/62 Mk 75 Mod 0 One GE/GD 20 mm 6-barrel Vulcan Phalanx Two Oerlikon 20 mm/80 One 81 mm mortar One 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher Six 324 mm US Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) Honeywell Mk 46 Decoys: Two Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrel Mk 36 fixed launchers

The Badr class is a class of corvette built by the United States and operated by the Saudi Navy. The class has been relegated to a coastal defence role following the modernisation of the Saudi fleet. There are four vessels in service; Badr, Al Yarmook, Hitteen and Tabuk.

References

Watts, Anthony J. (2006). Jane's Warship Recognition Guide. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 258. ISBN 0-00-718327-5. 

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External image

Photo of RSN Badr (612)