Mubarraz-class fast attack craft

Mubarraz (P141) at the IMCMEX 13 exercise in May 2013
Class overview
Builders: Lürssen, Bremen
Operators:  UAE
Built: 1980s
In commission: 1990-present
Completed: 2
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Fast attack craft
Displacement: 260 tons (full load)
Length: 147 ft 3 in (44.88 m)
Draft: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Propulsion: 2 MTU 20V 538 TB93 diesels
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h)
Range: 500 nautical miles (930 km) at 38 knots (70 km/h)
Complement: 5 officers, 35 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
Bofors Ericsson Sea Giraffe 50HC, Racal Decca 1226 (navigation), Bofors Electronic 9LV 223 (fire control)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Thales Cutlass ESM, Thales Cygnus ECM, 2 Dagaie IR/chaff launchers
Armament: 4 Aérospatiale MM 40 Exocet, 1 Matra Sadral sextuple launcher, 1 OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid, 2 Rheinmetall 20 mm

The Mubarraz class is a class of two fast attack craft built for the United Arab Emirates Navy in the late 1980s and commissioned in 1990. They have four MM 40 Exocet anti-ship missiles, a Sadral SAM launcher and a 76mm gun. As of 2013 both vessels remain in service.

Units

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