• Source: Khareef-class corvette

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






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
Khareef class Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) - Royal Navy of Oman at navyrecognition.com

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