Al Riyadh (812) is an of the Royal Saudi Navy.
Development and design Al Riyadh is an expanded anti-air version of the French , displacing about and extended to in length.
The frigate's combat system, produced by Armaris (a Direction des Constructions Navales/Thales Group joint venture), is armed with Aster 15 surface-to-air missiles (SAM) launched from SYLVER vertical launchers (SYLVER - SYstème de Lancement VERtical). As with the La Fayette class, the primary offensive weapon is the anti-surface Exocet missile. The main gun of the Al Riyadh frigates is the OTO Melara 76 mm super-rapid firing gun replacing the modèle 100 TR automatic gun of the La Fayette class. There are also four aft-mounted torpedo tubes, firing DTCN F17 heavyweight anti-submarine torpedoes. Al Riyadh is capable of a maximum speed of ~ with a maximum range of .
Construction and career Al Riyadh was launched on 1 August 2000 at the DCNS dockyard in Lorient and commissioned on 26 July 2002.
Al Riyadh-class frigates Three Al Riyadh class frigates have been built: Al Riyadh (812) the lead ship commissioned in 2002 Makkah (814) commissioned in 2004 Al Dammam (816) commissioned in 2004
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