Saudi frigate Al Dammam

	Al Dammam on 28 May 2014
History
Saudi Arabia
Name	Al Dammam ; (الدمّام);
Namesake	Al Dammam
Builder	Direction des Constructions Navales, Lorient
Laid down	24 July 2001
Launched	7 September 2002
Commissioned	23 October 2004
Homeport	King Faisal Naval Base
Identification	Pennant number: 816
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 men;
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;
Armament	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 Dammam (816) is a French-built Al Riyadh-class frigate of the Royal Saudi Navy.

Development and design

The frigate Al Dammam, 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. 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 (29 mph; 25 kn) with a maximum range of 13,000 kilometres (8,078 mi; 7,019 nmi).^[3]^[4]

Construction and career

Al Dammam was launched on 7 September 2002 at the DCNS shipyard in Lorient and commissioned on 23 October 2004.

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

^ "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class - Naval Technology".
^ "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class - Naval Technology".
^ ^a ^b "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class, Saudi Arabia". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

[1] "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class - Naval Technology".

[2] "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class - Naval Technology".

[ntar-3] "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class, Saudi Arabia". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[4] "Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) Class - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

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History
Al Dammam on 28 May 2014
Saudi Arabia
Name	Al Dammam (الدمّام)
Namesake	Al Dammam
Builder	Direction des Constructions Navales, Lorient
Laid down	24 July 2001
Launched	7 September 2002
Commissioned	23 October 2004
Homeport	King Faisal Naval Base
Identification	Pennant number: 816
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 men
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
Armament	16 × Aster anti-air missiles^[1] 8 Exocet Anti-ship missiles^[2] 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)