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The United Arab Emirates Navy ( UAEN) is the naval branch of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. It is small force of about 3,000 personnel. [ 1] It maintains 12 well-equipped coastal patrol boats and eight missile boats . Although primarily concerned with coastal defense, the Navy is constructing a six-unit class of blue water corvettes in ...
The Baynunah class are corvettes for the United Arab Emirates Navy (UAE Navy). The lead ship, Baynunah, is named after the Baynunah region in Abu Dhabi. Six ships are planned for this class at a total price of US$820 million. Sea trials are currently underway. Platform and combat systems trials are expected to continue through 2011, after which ...
The Abu Dhabi class is based on the Comandanti-class patrol vessel (or Cigala Fulgosi class) of the Italian Navy. The unit has a stealth design. The ship was built in Italy with mostly Italian armament and electronics. The artillery armament consists of the 76/62 super Rapido cannon, also with a stealth cupola, and two 30 mm MARLIN machine guns ...
Corvettes. Gowind-class (2 ships planned) Abu-Dhabi class (1 ship) Baynunah class (6 ships) Muray Jib class (2 ships) Muray Jib. Das.
HSV-2 Swift is a hybrid catamaran.She was privately owned and operated by Sealift Inc., and was originally built under the JHSV program as a proof of concept.As part of this program, she was directly leased for evaluation from her builders by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command from 2003 to 2013, primarily as a mine countermeasures and sea basing test platform.
Corvette. The Tarantul class and its variants are the most widely used corvettes. A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or "rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war .
Armament. 1 × Bofors 57 mm gun Mk3. 2 × OTO Melara 30 mm guns. 1 × mk49 mod2 11-cell RAM launcher for RAM missile system. Aviation facilities. Aft helicopter deck. The Arialah class are patrol boats for the United Arab Emirates Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Agency (CICPA). Two ships are planned for this class.
Al-Quwaisat. -class landing ship. The Al-Quwaisat class is a series of Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) of the United Arab Emirates Navy (UAE Navy). They were built by the Malaysian company Shin Yang based on the company's 80 m LST design. Two ships have been completed and in service with UAE Navy with one more ordered in 2020.