Ardhana-class patrol craft

Class overview
Builders	VT Group (formerly Vosper Thornycroft), UK
Operators	United Arab Emirates
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 Baynunah-class corvette.

Units

P3301 Ardhana
P3302 Zurara
P3303 Murban
P3304 Al Ghullan
P3305 Radoom
P3306 Ghanadhah

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