Khareef-class corvette

Al-Rahmani, outbound from Portsmouth Naval Base June 2013.
Class overview
Name:	Khareef class
Builders:	BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships
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 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 cannon 2 × 30mm MSI DS30M 30 mm cannon 8 × MM-40 Block III Exocet SSM 12 × MBDA VL Mica SAM
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 Maritime - Naval Ships at their shipyard in Portsmouth Naval Base, as part of a £400m deal which will also include training by VT Group.

The three vessels are capable of:

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