Qatar; Navy accepts new Doha Class Corvette from Italy

According to a tweet published by Fincantieri on October 28, 2021, at the Muggiano shipyard, the Italian firm delivered the Doha-class corvette Al Zubarah for the Qatari Emiri Navy.

The corvette design selected by the Qatari Navy has a length of 107 meters, a maximum breadth of 14.70 meters, a draft of 4.20 meters for a full load displacement of 3250 tons.

Its maximum speed is set to be 28 knots, its range of 3500 nautical miles (at 15 knots). The propulsion system will be CODAD type. It will have an endurance of 21 days. The crew complement will be 98 sailors with accommodations for a total of 112 persons. The flight deck and hangar are sized for one NH90 helicopter.

The corvettes will be fitted with a 76mm main gun by Leonardo, 16x VLS cells for ASTER 30 surface to air missiles (by MBDA), two Marlins 30mm remote weapon stations (Leonardo), 8x Exocet MM40 Block III (MBDA) and RAM launcher (21 missiles) by Raytheon for short-range air defense.