Qahir-class corvette

Class overview
Builders	VT Group, UK
Operators	Oman
Planned	2
Completed	2
General characteristics
Class and type	Corvette
Displacement	1,185 long tons (1,204 t); 1,450 long tons (1,470 t) full load;
Length	83.70 m (274 ft 7 in) oa; 78.50 m (257 ft 7 in) pp;
Beam	11.50 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.50 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 4× Crossley-SEMP-Pielstck 16PA6 V280 STC Diesels; 32,000 bhp (24,000 kW);
Speed	31 kn (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew	60
Sensors and ; processing systems	1× Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007 Navigation radar; 1× HSA MW-08 3D air/surface search radar; 1× Thomson-CSF Castor IIJ MRR Fire control radar; 1× HSA STING radar/optical fire control;
Armament	1× Otobreda 76 mm 62 Super Rapid gun; 2× Oerlikon GAM-BO1 20mm cannon; 1× octuple Crotale NG SAM launcher (16 missiles); 8× MM40 Block 2 Exocet anti-ship missiles;

The Qahir class is a class of two corvettes designed and built by VT Group in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy of Oman.^[2] The hull and superstructure has been designed with features including the cladding of surfaces with radar absorbent material and angled sides to reduce the radar cross section.^[1]^[3]

Ships in Class

Oman placed an order for two corvettes from Vosper Thornycroft as part of Project Muheet on 5 April 1992, work beginning in September 1992. The two ships were completed in 1996, with the final ship, Al Mua'zzar being delivered to Oman and commissioned in 1997.^[1]^[3]

Ship	Pennant Number^[1]	Laid Down^[1]	Date Launched^[1]	Date Commissioned^[1]
Qahir Al Amwaj	C 31	17 May 1993	21 September 1994	3 September 1996
Al Mua'zzar	C 32	4 April 1994	26 September 1995	13 April 1997^[3]

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Baker 1998, pp. 569–570.
^ Todd and Lindberg 1996, p. 32.
^ ^a ^b ^c Saunders 2002, p. 503.

Baker, A.D. (1998), The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999, Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, ISBN 1-55750-111-4
Saunders, Stephen, Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003, Coulsdon, Surry, UK: Jane's Information Group, ISBN 0710624328
Todd, Daniel; Lindberg, Michael (1996), Navies and Shipbuilding Industries: The Strained Symbiosis, Greenwood Publishing, ISBN 978-0-275-95310-2

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[cf98_p569-0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Baker 1998, pp. 569–570.

[Todd_p32-2] Todd and Lindberg 1996, p. 32.

[jfs02_503-3] Saunders 2002, p. 503.

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Ships in Class

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