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ABU DHABI frigates (1981-1983/1997-1998)


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Abu Dhabi 2007

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
أبو ظبي [Abu Dhabi] (ex-Abraham Crijnssen) F01 357 KM De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 25.10.1978 16.5.1981 6.1.1983 // 31.10.1997 stricken 2008
الإميرة [Al Emirat] (ex-Piet Hein) F02 354 KM De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 28.4.1977 3.6.1978 14.4.1981 // 29.6.1998 stricken 2007


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

3000

Displacement full, t

3800

Length, m

121.8 pp 130.2 oa

Breadth, m

14.4

Draught, m

4.40 hull 6.00 propellers

No of shafts

2

Machinery

COGOG: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines / 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM-1C gas turbines

Power, h. p.

51600 / 9800

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4700(16)

Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A/C), 1 x 8 NATO Sea Sparrow SAM (24 RIM-7), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 1 x 1 - 30/77 Goalkeeper, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 - 324 Mk 32 mod. 9 TT (Mk 46 mod. 5), 2 helicopters (AS-565 Panther)

Electronic equipment

Scout, ZW-06, LW-08, WM-25, STIR-18, Goalkeeper radars, SQS-505 sonar, Sphinx, Ramses ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SEWACO II CCS

Complement

140



Standard scale images


<i>Abu Dhabi </i>2000
Abu Dhabi 2000


Graphics


<i>Abu Dhabi </i>2007
Abu Dhabi 2007


Project history

Former Dutch frigates of Kortenaer-class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.