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Al-Ofouq-class patrol vessel

Class overview
Builders: ST Marine
Operators:  Oman
Preceded by: Province-class fast attack craft
Building: 0
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: 0
General characteristics
Class and type: Patrol Boat
Displacement: 1,100 tonnes
Length: 75 m (246 ft)
Beam: 10.8 m (35 ft)
Draught: 3.3 m (11 ft)
Propulsion: Two x MTU 20V 8000 M91 diesel engines, CODELOD
Speed: 25 knots
Range: 3,000 nm
Complement: 66
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Thales Variant 2D radar
  • TACTICOS combat management system
  • Thales Nederland STIR 1.2 EO Mk 2 electro-optic weapons director
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Thales Vigile ESM
  • Lacroix Sylena multimode soft-kill decoy system
Armament:
Aviation facilities: Flight deck capable of launching one medium-sized helicopter

The Al-Ofouq-class are 4 patrol vessels of Royal Navy of Oman as replacements for the Province-class fast attack craft patrol vessels.

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. The Al-Ofouq-class is based on the 75m variant of the 55m Fearless-class patrol vessel currently used by the Republic of Singapore Navy.


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