View source for Qahir-class corvette

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|Header caption=<ref name="cf98 p569-0">Baker 1998, pp. 569–570.</ref>
|Ship class=[[Corvette]]
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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1185|LT|t|abbr=on|lk=in}}
*{{convert|1450|LT|t|abbr=on}} full load
|Ship length=*{{convert|83.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[length overall|oa]]
*{{convert|78.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[length between perpendiculars|pp]]
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|Ship draught={{convert|3.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 shafts, 4× Crossley-SEMP-Pielstck 16PA6 V280 STC Diesels
*{{convert|32000|bhp|kW|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|31|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|5500|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}}
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|Ship sensors=*1× Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007 Navigation radar
*1× HSA MW-08 3D air/surface search radar
*1× Thomson-CSF Castor IIJ MRR Fire control radar
*1× HSA STING radar/optical fire control
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*1× [[Otobreda 76 mm]] 62 Super Rapid gun
*2× [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikon GAM-BO1 20mm cannon]]
*1× octuple [[Crotale NG]] [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]] launcher (16 missiles)
*8× MM40 Block 2 [[Exocet]] [[anti-ship missile]]s

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The '''''Qahir'' class''' is a class of two [[corvette]]s designed and built by [[VT Group]] in the [[United Kingdom]] for the [[Royal Navy of Oman]].<ref name="Todd p32">Todd and Lindberg 1996, p. 32.</ref> The hull and superstructure has been designed with features including the cladding of surfaces with radar absorbent material and angled sides to reduce the radar cross section.<ref name="cf98 p569-0"/><ref name="jfs02 503"/>

==Ships in Class==
Oman placed an order for two corvettes from Vosper Thornycroft as part of Project ''Muheet'' on 5 April 1992, work beginning in September 1992. The two ships were completed in 1996, with the final ship, ''Al Mua'zzar'' being delivered to Oman and commissioned in 1997.<ref name="cf98 p569-0"/><ref name="jfs02 503"/>

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! Ship !! Pennant Number<ref name="cf98 p569-0"/>!!Laid Down<ref name="cf98 p569-0"/>!!Date Launched<ref name="cf98 p569-0"/> !! Date Commissioned<ref name="cf98 p569-0"/>
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| ''Qahir Al Amwaj''
| C 31
|17 May 1993
|| 21 September 1994
| 3 September 1996
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| ''Al Mua'zzar''
|C 32
|4 April 1994 
|| 26 September 1995
| 13 April 1997<ref name="jfs02 503">Saunders 2002, p. 503.</ref>
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==See also==
{{portal|Oman}}
* [[Khareef-class corvette]]

==Notes and references==
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*{{citation|last=Baker|first=A.D.|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA| year=1998|isbn=1-55750-111-4}}
*{{citation|last=Saunders|first=Stephen|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon, Surry, UK|isbn=0710624328}}
*{{citation | last1=Todd | first1=Daniel | last2=Lindberg | first2=Michael | title= Navies and Shipbuilding Industries: The Strained Symbiosis | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=he5KL_tWQvMC&q=Qahir+Al+Amwaj&pg=PA32 | publisher = Greenwood Publishing | year = 1996 | isbn = 978-0-275-95310-2}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/oman/oman5.html Image]

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[[Category:Corvettes of the Royal Navy of Oman]]
[[Category:Corvettes of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ships built in Southampton]]
[[Category:Corvettes of Oman]]
[[Category:Corvette classes]]


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