Khareef-class corvette

	File:ONS Al Rahmani-10a.jpg Al-Rahmani, outbound from Portsmouth Naval Base June 2013.
Class overview
Name	Khareef class
Builders	BAE Systems
Operators	File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman
Planned	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
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 &; 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

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.

Role

The three vessels are capable of:

Photo	Ship	Hull number^[2]	Launched	Commissioned	Status
File:Portsmouth korvet Al-Shamikh Oman 18-10-2011 15-15-51.png	Al-Shamikh	Q40	22 July 2009^[3]	(IA 2013)	In active service
File:Ships in Portsmouth 7.jpg	Al-Rahmani	Q41	23 July 2010^[4]		In active service
File:Royal Navy of Oman corvette Al-Rasikh (Q42) underway in the Arabian Gulf on 6 February 2018 (180206-N-TB177-0896).JPG	Al-Rasikh	Q42	27 June 2011		In active service

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

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Class overview

File:ONS Al Rahmani-10a.jpg Al-Rahmani, outbound from Portsmouth Naval Base June 2013.


Name	Khareef class
Builders	BAE Systems
Operators	File:Flag of Oman.svg 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 & 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