Province-class fast attack craft

Class overview
Builders: Vosper Thornycroft, UK
Operators:  Oman
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Class and type: Fast Attack Craft
Displacement: 390 tonnes
Length: 83.70 m (275 ft)
Beam: 11.50 m (38 ft)
Draught: 3.50 m (11 ft)
Propulsion: 4x Paxman Valenta 18RP200 diesel engines
Speed: 38 knots
Range: 2000 nmi at 18 kn
Complement: 20
Armament:

8× MM40 Block 2 Exocet anti-ship missiles 2× Otobreda 76 mm 62 Super Rapid gun

2× two Breda 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft guns

The Dhofar is a British-built version of the Province Class fast attack craft.[1]

Ships in Class

Ship Date Ordered Date Delivered
Dhofar 1980[2] 1982
Al Sharquiyah 1981[2] 1983
Al Bat'nah 1981[2] 1984
Mussandam 1986[2] 1989

See also

Royal Navy of Oman

Notes and references

  1. "Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
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