Qahir-class corvette

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  • {{convert|1450|LT|t|abbr=on}} full load

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  • {{convert|78.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} pp

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  • 1× HSA MW-08 3D air/surface search radar
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The Qahir class is a class of two corvettes designed and built by VT Group in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy of Oman.Todd and Lindberg 1996, p. 32. 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.

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.

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ShipPennant NumberLaid DownDate LaunchedDate Commissioned
Qahir Al Amwaj

| C 31

|17 May 1993

21 September 1994

| 3 September 1996

Al Mua'zzar

|C 32

|4 April 1994

26 September 1995

| 13 April 1997Saunders 2002, p. 503.

See also

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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}}