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Al-Shamikh
The Khareef class are three corvettes operated by the Royal Navy of Oman. The ships were built by BAE Systems at their shipyard in Portsmouth, as part of a £400m deal it also included training by VT Group. Role The three vessels are capable of: * Protection of maritime areas of interest including EEZ * Extended surveillance patrols * Deterrent operations during times of tension * Fully interoperable with joint and coalition operations * Special operations * Search and rescue * Maritime disaster relief operations Ships in class Incidents In March 2012 three BAE engineers were injured after a gun misfired during testing off the Dorset coast. References External links BVT News Release regarding Al Shamikh launchNaval TechnologyKhareef class Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) - Royal Navy of Oman {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916141641/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1342 , date=16 September 2016 at navyrecognitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy Of Oman
The Royal Navy of Oman (), abbreviated RNO, is the maritime component of the Royal Armed Forces of the Sultanate of Oman. Given its long coastline and strategic location along the Indian Ocean, as well as being close to the Strait of Hormuz, the Royal Navy is one of the priorities of the government of Oman. It has a fleet of gunboats, fast missile boats and support, training, cargo and hydro-graphical survey vessels, which can be deployed to defend the territorial waters and coastline of Oman as well as protect tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The Royal Navy's headquarters are in Seeb, near the Muscat International Airport. A modernization program is ongoing, with the objective of creating a first-rate fleet. Similarly, the Royal Oman Police's fleet, which operates smaller range boats and patrol crafts, is being updated due to raising tensions in the region. The origin of the Royal Navy of Oman is traceable to the reign of Imam Ghassan bin Abdullah (807–824 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
