Khareef-class corvette

	Al-Rahmani, outbound from Portsmouth Naval Base June 2013.
Class overview
Name	Khareef class
Builders	BAE Systems
Operators	Oman
Planned	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	2,660 tonnes
Length	99 m (325 ft)
Beam	14.6 m (48 ft)
Draught	4.1 m (13 ft)
Propulsion	Two MTU 4000 series diesel engines
Speed	28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Endurance	21 days
Complement	100
Sensors and ; processing systems	SMART-S Mk2 3D S-band multibeam radar; TACTICOS combat management system; Thales Nederland Sting electro-optic weapons director;
Armament	1 × 76 mm OTO Melara gun; 2 × 30mm MSI DS30M cannon; 12 × VL MICA surface-to-air missiles; 8 × MM-40 Block III Exocet surface-to-surface missiles;
Aircraft carried	1 x medium helicopter
Aviation facilities	Enclosed hangar

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:

Ship	Hull number^[2]	Launched	Commissioned	Status
Al-Shamikh	Q40	22 July 2009^[3]	(IA 2013)	In active service
Al-Rahmani	Q41	23 July 2010^[4]		In active service
Al-Rasikh	Q42	27 June 2011		In active service

In March 2012 three BAE engineers were injured after a gun misfired^[5] during testing off the Dorset coast.

^ ""БАе системз" начала морские испытания головного корвета типа "Кариф" ВМС Омана" (in Russian). flot.com. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
^ "Khareef Class". Military Edge. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Al-Shamikh launched", www.bvtsurfacefleet.com, 22 July 2009, archived from the original on 18 November 2009
^ "Al-Rahmani launched", www.baesystems.com, 23 July 2010, archived from the original on 3 August 2010
^ Whitehead, Tom (18 March 2012). "BAE staff injured in gun test". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2014.