Abu Dhabi-class corvette

The Abu Dhabi class is a corvette design built by Fincantieri for the Navy of the United Arab Emirates. Only one ship, Abu Dhabi, was built. It is meant mainly for anti-submarine warfare, with patrol, maritime surveillance and reconnaissance as further tasks, and its stealth shape keeps its radar signature small. The design is based on the Italian Navy Comandanti class of patrol vessels, and the ship carries mostly Italian weapons and electronics, including a 76 millimetre gun and two 30 millimetre guns. She is 88.4 metres long, displaces about 1,650 tonnes fully loaded and has a crew of about 70. The contract was signed with Fincantieri in 2009; the hull was built at Riva Trigoso and towed to Muggiano near La Spezia for outfitting, and the ship was delivered to the Emirates Navy on 8 January 2013 together with the patrol vessel Ghantut.