Saudi corvette Al Diriyah

Al Diriyah (830) is an Al Jubail-class corvette of the Royal Saudi Navy.

History
Saudi Arabia
Name	Al Diriyah (الدرعية)
Namesake	Al Diriyah
Builder	Navantia, San Fernando
Laid down	2019
Launched	14 November 2020
Identification	Pennant number: 830
Status	Fitting out
General characteristics
Class & type	Avante 2000 corvette
Displacement	2,419 tons
Length	99 m (324 ft 10 in)
Beam	13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	CODAD, 4 × MTU 12V-1163-TB93 rated at 4,440 kW (5,950 hp) each 2 × shaft with Wärtsilä 5C11 controllable pitch propeller[1]
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) max
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	60 + 32
Sensors & processing systems	Thales SMART-S Mk-2 multifunction radar Thales Mirador EOTS Thales Vigile 100 ESM Thales Scout Mk2 LPI Thales Sting 1.2 Thales TACTICOS CMS
Armament	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm ('A' position) 1 × Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns 16-cell VLS[2](Saudi Arabia variant) 16 x VL Mica 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon block II anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes
Aviation facilities	Flight deck, hangar

Development and design

In July 2018, it was announced that Spanish Navantia had signed an agreement with the Royal Saudi Navy for the production of five Avante 2000 corvettes with the last to be delivered by 2022 at a cost of approximately 2 billion euros.^[3]

Construction and career

Al Diriyah was laid down in 2019 and launched on 14 November 2020 at the Navantia shipyard in San Fernando.^[4]

It was involved in 2023 in evacuations from Sudan.^[5]