Royal Navy of Oman Ship Launch
Ship naming ceremony for the Royal Navy of Oman
BAE built corvette named in Portsmouth for Oman Navy
The Royal Navy of Oman's (RNO) second Corvette, Al-Rahmani, was commissioned at Portsmouth Naval Base on 23rd July 2010. It is the second corvette out of three designed and built by BAE Systems for the RNO.
The Commissioning Ceremony was held under the auspices of His Excellency Sayyed Badir bin Saud bin Harib Al-Busaidi the Minister Responsible Defence Affairs in the Sultanate of Oman. The Ceremony was attended by Lord Astor, the Under Secretary of State for Defence in the UK and Rear Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis bin Abdullah Al-Raisi, Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman (CRNO) in addition to a number of VIPs and representatives of the RNO and the UK Royal Navy.
The first ship (Al-Shamikh) was commissioned in July 2009 and will set sail for its first sea trials later this year.
