Khareef-class corvette

The Khareef class are 3 Corvettes currently under construction for the Royal Navy of Oman.

The ships are being built by BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships at their Shipyard in Portsmouth Naval Base, as part of a £400m deal which will also include training by VT Group. In March 2012 three BAE engineers were injured after the gun misfired during testing off the Dorset coast.

Role
The three vessels will be capable for:-


 * 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