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Abdul Rahman Al Fadel 2009

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
أحمد الفاتح [Ahmed Al Fateh]	20		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany			5.2.1984	in service (2020)
الجابري [Al Jaberi]	21		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany			3.5.1984	in service (2020)
عبدال رحمن الفاضل [Abdul Rahman Al Fadel]	22		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany			10.9.1986	in service (2020)
الطويله [Al Taweelah]	23		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany			25.3.1989	in service (2020)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	228
Displacement full, t	259
Length, m	42.3 pp 44.9 oa
Breadth, m	7.30
Draught, m	2.30
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 MTU 16V538 TB92 diesels
Power, h. p.	14400
Max speed, kts	40.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 45
Endurance, nm(kts)	1600(16)
Armament	2 x 2 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment	20, 21: Decca 1226, 9LV331 (9LV200 radar with e/o system), Sea Giraffe 50HC radars, Panda e/o system, RDL-2 ECM suite, Dagaie decoy RL 22, 23: Decca 1226, 9LV331 (9LV200 radar with e/o system), Sea Giraffe 50HC radars, Panda e/o system, Cutlass B-1, Cygnus ECM suites, Dagaie decoy RL
Complement	32

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Project history

Lürssen TNC45 type, ordered in 1979 (first pair) and in 1985 (second pair). Can be fitted for minelaying.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.