초계함/고속함 사우디아라비아, Navantia에 AVANTE 2200급 초계함 3척 추가발주

[위종민]

사우디아라비아가 Navantia에 AVANTE 2200급 초계함 3척을 추가로 발주했습니다. 이전에 주문했던 5척은 2022년부터 올해까지 모두 인도됐었네요. 

Saudi Arabia and Navantia Ink New Contract for 3 More Corvettes - Naval News

The three additional Avante 2200 corvettes will be identical to the units already in service with the Royal Saudi Naval Force. Navantia photo.

Saudi Arabia and Navantia Ink New Contract for 3 More Corvettes

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defence announced on December 11, 2024, a contract with the Spanish company Navantia for the supply of three additional Avante 2200 corvettes, identical to the units already in service for the Royal Saudi Naval Force.

Naval News Staff  12 Dec 2024

Navantia press release

Construction of the first unit will begin this year and the last vessel is scheduled for delivery in 2028. Navantia will be responsible for the delivery of the first unit in Spain and will finalize the second and third units in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the installation, integration and trials of the Hazem Combat System to be done by SAMINavantia, similar to the works carried out on the fourth and fifth units of the first contract. SAMINavantia will supply the complete combat system of the three corvettes.

With the Kingdom’s ambition to localize shipbuilding capabilities, the contract also includes a comprehensive training plan for more than 100 Saudi engineers and the manufacturing of blocks for the third corvette in Saudi Arabia. Additionally, Navantia will transfer the Intellectual Property Rights of the Avante 2200 design to GAMI, enabling the design’s utilization for the manufacturing of future corvettes for the Kingdom, as well as for potential export markets.

Navantia will supply an integrated logistical support package, the training of the crews, and an operational training by the Spanish Navy at Rota naval base in Spain, where Navantia will provide support services to the Royal Saudi Naval Force during such training.

Contract signing ceremony. Navantia picture.

Avante 2200 model

This second batch series of corvettes for Saudi Arabia will be similar to the first batch, with a design based on Navantia’s Avante 2200 model, which is a multipurpose vessel specially designed for patrolling and monitoring of the Exclusive Economic Zone, maritime traffic surveillance and control missions, search and rescue missions and assistance to other vessels, among others. In addition, the vessels will have an important capacity for the defense of strategic assets, intelligence, and anti-submarine, anti-aircraft, anti-surface and electronic warfare capabilities.

[백선호]

아마도 40년 넘은 이 배들을 바꾸는 것이겠죠?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badr-class_corvette

[위종민]

네 대체함인 초도형 5척이 모두 취역했는데 아직 공식적으로 퇴역은 안 시켰네요.

1970년대~1980년대에 취역했던, 미국 타코마 조선 설계를 참조한 EGG 레이더 단 수상함들도 이젠 거의 사라진 것 같습니다.