Al-Riyadh Class (F-3000S)
Owned By
| Operator: | Saudi Arabia |
| Status: | In Service |
| Number: | 3 |
| Ships: | 812 Al-Riyadh |
| 814 Makkah | |
| 816 Al-Damman | |
| Cost: | Part of $3.4 billion ‘Sawari-2’ deal |
| Acquired: | 2002-2004 |
| General Specs: | |
| Country of origin: | France |
| Class: | Frigate |
| Manufacturer: | DCN |
| Introduced: | 1996 |
| Displacement: | 3800 tons (4650 tons full load) |
| Length: | 436 ft (133 m) |
| Beam: | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draft: | |
| Hull Material: | |
| Propullsion: | 4 x SEMT Pielstick 16 PA6 STC diesel |
| Speed: | 25 knots |
| Range: | 7000 nm |
| Fuel Capacity: | |
| Crew: | 180 |
| Armament: | |
| Guns: | 1 x 76mm 62 cal. OTO Melara SuperCompact DP |
| 2 x 20mm 90 cal. Giat 15B | |
| Anti-air: | 2 x 8 cell Sylver VLS for Eurosam Aster 15 SAM |
| Anti-ship: | 8 x MM40 Exocet MBDA |
| 4 x DCNS F17 heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo | |
| Other: | |
| Radar/Sensors: | Thales Underwater Systems CAPTAS 20 towed array sonar |
| SFCS automated combat management system | |
| SENIT 7 combat system | |
| DCNS CTM radar / infrared system | |
| Thales Castor 2J I-band pulse Doppler radar | |
| Thales Arabel 3D I-band surveillance and fire control radar | |
| DRBV 26D Jupiter long-range air search radar | |
| Defense/Countermeasures: | DR 3000 ESM |
| Altesse communications intercept system | |
| Salmandre B2 radar jammer | |
| TRC 281 communications jammer | |
| 2 x Sagem Defense Securite Dagaie decoy launchers | |
| Other: | 2 x helicopters (Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin or AS532 Cougar or NH90) |
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