Badr class corvette
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | United States |
| Operators: | Saudi Arabia |
| Completed: | Four |
| Active: | Four |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1038 tons |
| Length: | 245 ft (75 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 6 in (9.6 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 9 in (2.7 m) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 75 |
| Armament: | Eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon launchers, 2x4 One FMC/OTO Melara 3" (76 mm)/62 Mk 75 Mod 0 One GE/GD 20 mm 6-barrel Vulcan Phalanx Two Oerlikon 20 mm/80 One 81 mm mortar One 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher Six 324 mm US Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2x3) Honeywell Mk 46 Decoys: Two Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrel Mk 36 fixed launchersRadar Lockheed SPS-40B (Air search) ISC Cardion SPS-55 (surface search) Sperry Mk 92 (fire control) Sonar Hull-mounted Raytheon SQS-56 (DE1164) EW SQ-32(V)1 ESM |
The Badr class is a class of corvette built by the United States and operated by the Saudi Navy. The class has been relegated to a coastal defence role following the modernisation of the Saudi fleet. There are four vessels in service; the RSN Badr (612), RSN Al Yarmook (614), RSN Hitteen (616) and the RSN Tabuk (618).
[edit] References
Watts, Anthony J. (2006). Jane's Warship Recognition Guide. HarperCollins Publishers, page 258. ISBN 0-00-718327-5.
