Ardhana-class patrol craft

Class overview
Builders: VT Group (formerly Vosper Thornycroft), UK
Operators:  UAE
Built: 1970s
In commission: 1975-present
Completed: 6
Active: 6
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 110 tons (standard), 175 tons (full load)
Length: 110 ft (34 m)
Draft: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion: 2 Paxman 12CM diesels
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 26
Sensors and
processing systems:
Racal Decca TM 1626 radar
Armament: 2 Oerlikon/BMARC 30 mm/75 A32 (twin), 1 Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm/80 A41A

The Ardhana class is a class of patrol boat that was built for the United Arab Emirates Navy in the early 1970s and commissioned in 1975. As of 2009 all six vessels remain in service, though it has been announced that they will be decommissioned and replaced by the planned Baynunah class corvette.

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