Saudi frigate Al Riyadh

Saudi frigate Al Riyadh
Saudi frigate Al Riyadh
	File:Frigate 812.jpg Al Riyadh at Toulon in 2005
Name:	Al Riyadh; (الرياض);
Namesake:	Al Riyadh
Builder:	Direction des Constructions Navales (DCNS), Lorient
Laid down:	28 May 1999
Launched:	1 August 2000
Commissioned:	26 July 2002
Homeport:	King Faisal Naval Base
Identification:	Pennant number: 812
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Al Riyadh-class frigate
Displacement:	4,700 tonnes
Length:	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam:	15.4 m (50 ft 6 in)
Draught:	4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21,000 hp (16,000 kW)
Speed:	24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph)
Range:	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi);
Endurance:	50 days of food
Boats & landing ; craft carried:	2 × ETN boats
Capacity:	350 tonnes of fuel, 80 m3 (2,800 cu ft) of kerosene, 60 tonnes of potable water
Complement:	12 officers; 68 petty officers; 61 enlisted;
Sensors and ; processing systems:	1 × DRBN34 navigation radar; 1 × DRBN34 landing radar; 1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar; 1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun; 1 × CN2 firing control radar; 1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor; 1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor; 2 × Dagaie Mk2 AMGL-1C chaff launcher; 1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker; 1 × Prairie-Masker noise reduction system; 1 × Integrated Shipboard Communication System ISCS (SNTI 120 ch.); 1 × SEAO/OPSMER Naval command support system; 1 × Syracuse II satellite transmission system; 1 × Inmarsat navigation system; 1 x BlueWatcher sonar (Surcouf only);
Armament:	Anti-ship;; 16 × Aster anti-air missiles; 8 Exocet Anti-ship missiles; 4 x F17 torpedoes; Guns;; 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun;
Armour:	On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)
Aircraft carried:	1 × helicopter (Panther or NH90);

Al Riyadh (812) is an Al Riyadh-class frigate of the Royal Saudi Navy.

Development and design[]

The frigate Al Riyadh, is an expanded anti-air version of the French La Fayette class, displacing about 4,700 t (5,181 short tons) and extended to 133 m (436 ft 4 in) in length.^[3]

The ships' combat system, produced by Armaris (a Direction des Constructions Navales/Thales Group joint venture), is armed with Aster 15 surface-to-air missiles (SAM) launched from SYLVER vertical launchers (SYLVER - SYstème de Lancement VERtical). As with the La Fayette class, the primary offensive weapon is the anti-surface Exocet missile. The ships' main gun is the OTO Melara 76 mm super-rapid firing gun replacing the modèle 100 TR automatic gun of the La Fayette class. There are also four aft-mounted 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes, firing DTCN F17 heavyweight anti-submarine torpedoes. Al Riyadh is capable of a maximum speed of ~46 kilometres per hour (25 kn; 29 mph) with a maximum range of 13,000 kilometres (7,019 nmi; 8,078 mi).^[3]^[4]

Construction and career[]

Al Riyadh was launched on 1 August 2000 at the DCNS dockyard in Lorient and commissioned on 26 July 2002.

Al Riyadh-class frigates[]

Three Al Riyadh class frigates have been built:

Al Riyadh (812): the lead ship commissioned in 2002
Makkah (814): commissioned in 2004
Al Dammam (816): commissioned in 2004

References[]

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[1] ttps://www.navalnews.com/event-news/euronaval-2020/2020/10/euronaval-naval-group-starts-upgrade-work-on-la-fayette-class-frigates/

[naval-technology.com-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/al_riyadh

[ntar-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class, Saudi Arabia". http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/al_riyadh. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[4] "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class - Naval Technology". https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/al_riyadh/.

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