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QENS AL DEEBEL

The QENS Al Deebel is a British built, Qatar Barzan Class fast strike craft. The design is a derivative of the Vosper Thornycroft 56 metre patrol craft built for Oman and Kenya, with a redesigned internal arrangement and superstructure which has provided a second deck at tank level. Modification to the hull included increasing the freeboard amidships and flaring the topsides to widen the beam at the weather deck. The hull and superstructure design have incorporated features for reduction of radar cross section. Active roll damping fin stabilisers have been added for operation in high sea states. The Vita class incorporates watertight zoning to meet the British Royal Navy stability requirements of flooding in two adjacent main compartments. The overall length is 56m with waterline length, 52m. The moulded breadth is 9m and the draught amidships is 2.5m. The displacement is 380 tonnes. The fresh water capacity is 8. 0 tonnes and the oil fuel capacity is 8.0 tonnes and the oil fuel capacity 44 tonnes.
The Vita class carries a complement of seven officers, twelve senior ratings, twelve junior ratings and four trainees. The ship is driven by four MTU 20V 538 TB93 diesels, 18740 hp, in two machinery spaces, each driving a fixed pitch propeller. The two machinery spaces are capable of being operated independently. One man operation from the bridge of the propulsion, electrical generation and auxiliary systems is possible using a machinery control and surveillance system. The maximum speed is 35 knots and the range is in excess of 1800nm at 12 knots. The ship is equipped with two quadruple launchers for Aerospatiale MM40 Exocet surface to surface sea-skimming missiles. Each of the two installations with four launcher containers. The surface to air missile system is the Matra Bae Dynamics Sadral sextuple launcher with Mistral. The ship is also armed with an Otobreda 76mm/62 Super Rapid gun, with 85 degree elevation, a rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute, and a range of 16km, and a Goalkeeper close in defence system.
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