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Qatar / Qatari Emiri Navy - Attack Craft
Barzan class Fast Attack Craft, Missile / FACM
 
 
barzan class fast attack missile craft facm qatari emiri navy q07 qens al deebel 02
 
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Ships:
Unit Launched Commissioned STATUS Namesake
Q04 QENS Barzan February 1994 1996 ACTIVE برزان - Barzan Towers, Qatar
Q05 QENS Huwar August 1994 1996 ACTIVE حوار - Hawar Islands
Q06 QENS Al Udeid April 1995 1997 ACTIVE العديد - Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
Q07 QENS Al Deebel August 1995 1997 ACTIVE الدبل - Al Deebel, Doha, Qatar
 
Specifications:
 
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton, UK
 
Displacement: 530 tons (full load)
Length: 62 meters (203 feet)
Beam: 9.5 m (31 ft)
Draft: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h), max.
Range: 1,800 NM (2,900 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 35

Propulsion:
4 x MTU 16V595 TE90 diesel engines (17,500 kW / 23,500 hp)
4 shafts / 4 propellers

Armament:
  
1 x Oto-Melara 76/62 Compact Gun
1 x Goalkeeper Close-in Weapon System (CIWS)
8 x MBDA MM40 Exocet Anti-Ship Missiles (SSM)
1 x MBDA SADRAL 6-cell Missile Defense System

Systems:
Thales MW08 3D G-band surveillance radar
Thales Mirador electro-optical target tracker
Thales Scout Mk.II low probability of intercept radar
Sperry Marine Bridgemaster-E navigation radar
Tacticos combat management system
Aeromaritime IFF Mk.12
ICS 2000 integrated communications system
DR 3000 ESM system
Argo AR 900 ESM system
Mk.36 SRBOC chaff/decoy launcher
 
Aviation:
none
  
 
The Barzan (also known as Super Vita) class is a class of 4 UK-designed Fast Attack Craft, Missile (FACM) for the Qatari Emiri Navy, built by Vosper Thornycroft (now BAE Systems) in Woolston, Southampton.
 
images

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Q04 QENS Barzan



q05 qens huwar barzan class fast attack missile craft facm qatari emiri navy 02
Q05 QENS Huwar


q06 qens al udeid barzan class fast attack missile craft facm qatari emiri navy 02
Q06 QENS Al Udeid
 
 
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