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: 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 Launched Commissioned Status Al-Shamikh Q40 22 July 2009 (IA 2013) In active service Al-Rahmani Q41 23 July 2010 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 during testing off the Dorset coast.
References
External links
BVT News Release regarding Al Shamikh launch Naval Technology