Khareef-class corvette

The Khareef class are three corvettes operated by the Royal Navy of Oman. The ships were built by BAE Systems at their shipyard in Portsmouth, as part of a £400m deal it also included training by VT Group.

Al-Rahmani, outbound from Portsmouth Naval Base June 2013.
Class overview
Name	Khareef class
Builders	BAE Systems
Operators	Oman
Planned	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics [1]
Type	Corvette
Displacement	2,660 tonnes
Length	99 m (325 ft)
Beam	14.6 m (48 ft)
Draught	4.1 m (13 ft)
Propulsion	Two MTU 4000 series diesel engines
Speed	28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Endurance	21 days
Complement	100
Sensors and processing systems	SMART-S Mk2 3D S-band multibeam radar TACTICOS combat management system Thales Nederland Sting electro-optic weapons director
Armament	1 × 76 mm OTO Melara gun 2 × 30mm MSI DS30M cannon 12 × VL MICA surface-to-air missiles 8 × MM-40 Block III Exocet surface-to-surface missiles
Aircraft carried	1 x medium helicopter
Aviation facilities	Enclosed hangar

Role

The three vessels are capable of:

• Protection of maritime areas of interest including EEZ
• Extended surveillance patrols
• Deterrent operations during times of tension
• Fully interoperable with joint and coalition operations
• Special operations
• Search and rescue
• Maritime disaster relief operations

Ships in class

Photo	Ship	Hull number[2]	Launched	Commissioned	Status
	Al-Shamikh	Q40	22 July 2009[3]	(IA 2013)	In active service
	Al-Rahmani	Q41	23 July 2010[4]		In active service
	Al-Rasikh	Q42	27 June 2011		In active service

Incidents

In March 2012 three BAE engineers were injured after a gun misfired^[5] during testing off the Dorset coast.