The ''Qahir'' class is a class of two corvettes designed and built by

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in the

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for the

Royal Navy of Oman The Royal Navy of Oman ( ar, البحرية السلطانية العمانية), abbreviated RNO, is the maritime component of the Royal Armed Forces of the Sultanate of Oman. Given its long coastline and strategic location along the Indian Oc ...

.Todd and Lindberg 1996, p. 32. The hull and superstructure has been designed with features including the cladding of surfaces with radar absorbent material and angled sides to reduce the radar cross section.

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Oman placed an order for two corvettes from Vosper Thornycroft as part of Project ''Muheet'' on 5 April 1992, work beginning in September 1992. The two ships were completed in 1996, with the final ship, ''Al Mua'zzar'' being delivered to Oman and commissioned in 1997.

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Ships in Class

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