Q-32 Al Mua´zzar

Country:  Oman

Class, [Type]: Vigilance, [FFL].

Builder: Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, U.K.

Launch date: 26 September 1995.

Commission date: 26 November 1996.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.450 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 83,7 x 11,5 x 3,6

Main machinery: 4 x Crossley SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA V 280 STC ( 28.160 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 25.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 10 knots.

Complement:  76 ( 14 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/69 Super Rapid, 2 x Oerlikon/Royal Ordnance GAM-BO1 20mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x Aerospatiale MM 40 Exocet ( bow ), 1 x octuple launcher for Thomson-CSF Crotale ( stern ).

Radar: Air/Surface: Signaal MW 08, G band; Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, I band; Fire Control: Signaal STING, I/J bands and Thomson-CSF DRBV 51C, J band for Crotale. Fire Control: Signaal STING, and 2 x Signaal optical directors.

Sonar: Thomson Sintra/BAe Sema ATAs, towed. Active search mode. ( may be fitted ).

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 12 tubes Barricade launchers for chaff; ESM/ECM: Thomson-CSF DR-3000.

Helicopter: has a landing platform for a medium sized helicopter. No hangar.