Al-Ofouq-class patrol vessel

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

Al-Ofouq class
Class overview
Builders: ST Marine
Operators:  Oman
Preceded by: Province-class fast attack craft
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
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: 2 x MTU 20V 8000 M91 diesel engines, CODELOD
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[1]
Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)[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:
  • 1 × 76 mm Oto Melara cannon, 'A' position
  • 2 × 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin-WS, amidship[3]
Aviation facilities: Flight deck capable of launching one medium-sized helicopter[4]

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.[5] The Al-Ofouq class is based on the 75 m (246 ft) variant of the 55 m (180 ft) 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 January 2014[5] 31 March 2015[6] Active
2 Z 21 Al-Shinas[6] ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 14 June 2014[5] Active
3 Z 22 Sadh ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 17 September 2014[5] Active
4 Z 23 Khassab ST Marine, Benoi, Singapore 24 June 2016[4] 2 August 2016 Active

Notes and references
  1. "Al-Ofouq-class Project Reference". Cofelyaxima Marine. 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  2. "Thales lands contract for Omani Patrol Vessels" (PDF). Thales. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  3. "Naval Mid-Cal: Remote-control Cannon Proliferation at Sea". Armada International. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  4. Rahmat, Ridzwan. "ST Marine delivers Oman's final Al-Ofouq patrol vessel". IHS Jane's 360. IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. "ST Marine launches third Omani patrol vessel". IHS Janes. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  6. "Oman accepts first Al-Ofouq patrol vessel, names second". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
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