Badr-class corvette
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The Badr class is a class of corvette built by the United States and operated by the Saudi Navy. The class has been relegated to a coastal defence role following the modernisation of the Saudi fleet. There are four vessels in service; Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Design
In January 1972, Saudi Arabia signed an agreement with the United States to set up a 10-year programme to greatly enlarge the Saudi Navy, previously a small coastal patrol force. The programme envisaged the construction in the United States of a series of corvettes as well as other warships such as minesweepers and amphibious warfare ships.[1][2] As part of this programme, on 30 August 1977, an order was placed with the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington for 4 missile-armed corvettes, with delivery expected between 1980 and 1981.[2][3]
The four ships, at first known by the US-Navy style designation of "PCG", and later as the Badr-class, are Script error: No such module "convert". long overall, with a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4] Displacement was intended as Script error: No such module "convert".,[2] but the ships were completed significantly overweight, and were recorded as displacing Script error: No such module "convert". standard and Script error: No such module "convert". full load in 1995.[3] They are powered by one General Electric LM2500 gas turbine rated at Script error: No such module "convert". and two MTU 12V625 TB91 diesel engines (rated at a total of Script error: No such module "convert".) in a Combined Diesel and Gas (CODAG) arrangement, driving two controllable pitch propellers. This gives a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert". when using the gas turbine and Script error: No such module "convert". on diesel. The ships have a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]
Principal anti-ship armament consists of eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles, with a gun armament of a single OTO Melara 76 mm gun forward, one Vulcan Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) aft, two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, an 81 mm mortar, and two 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launchers. Anti-submarine armament consisted of two triple Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes. SPS-40B air search radar and SPS-55 navigation/surface search radars are carried, while a Mark 92 fire control radar is fitted above the ship's bridges. SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar is carried to direct the ships' torpedo tubes.[4]
Ships
| Name | Pennant [4] | Laid down[4] | Launched[4] | Commissioned[4] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badr | 612 | 30 May 1979 | 26 January 1980 | 28 September 1981 | Originally PCG 1[4] |
| Al Yarmook | 614 | 13 December 1979 | 13 May 1980 | 10 May 1982 | Originally PCG 2[4] |
| Hitteen | 616 | 19 May 1980 | 5 September 1980 | 12 October 1982 | Originally PCG 3[4] |
| Tabuk | 618 | 22 September 1980 | 18 June 1981 | 10 January 1983 | Originally PCG 4[4] |
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