Al-Jouf class

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Al-Jouf class

Ship data country  Saudi Arabia Ship type Patrol boat Shipyard Lürssen , Vegesack Launch of the type ship April 10, 1989 period of service Since 1989

Ship dimensions and crew length 38 m ( Lüa )   crew 15th

Machine system Top speed 38 kn (70 km / h)

The Al-Jouf class is a class of fast patrol boats that was designed for Blohm + Voss in the 1980s .

It is used by the Saudi Arabian police. The export of war weapons is subject to approval by the Federal Security Council. There are license agreements with the Royal Thai Coast Guard . With a top speed of 38 knots and excellent sea behavior, this is a very proven design that is perfect for use in coast guards.

At the end of 2012 it became known that the Saudi Arabian army wanted to buy patrol boats for the equivalent of around 1.5 billion euros from the Lürssen shipyard group. According to Spiegel, the border patrol boats are to be handed over to Saudi Arabia by 2015 at a unit price of between 10 and 25 million euros. The Lürssen shipyard's request to the Federal Security Council was approved in 2013. While the Federal SPD criticized the delivery, the Red-Green state government in Bremen held back with a statement. The Lürssen shipyard does not comment publicly on the business with Saudi Arabia.

Lürssen is building at least another 48 patrol boats for Saudi Arabia. In 2016, the Federal Security Council approved the export. Otfried Nassauer from the donation-financed Berlin Information Center for Transatlantic Security suspects that the ships will be equipped with 20 mm guns for self-protection and pointed out that Saudi Arabia originally ordered a total of 146 boats.

After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi , the Federal Security Council agreed to interrupt German arms exports to Saudi Arabia. According to government spokesman Steffen Seibert , the Merkel IV cabinet also wants to help the Peene shipyard in Wolgast to minimize the damage from the coastal defense ships ordered by Saudi Arabia, some of which have already been built but are not allowed to be delivered. The boats are either to be used in Germany - i.e. bought by the federal government. Or an attempt should be made to have more ships for Saudi Arabia built but not yet delivered.

Trivia

The province of al-Jauf was the inspiration for the name .

Footnotes

1. ↑ edited by Thean Potgieter, Reiner Pommerin, Maritime Security in Southern African Waters, p. 136 p. 136
2. ↑ Deal with Lürssen shipyard: Saudi Arabia wants to buy German military ships . Spiegel, February 10, 2013
3. ↑ taz Bremen: Lürssen supplies Saudi Arabia . July 8, 2016
4. ↑ After the Khashoggi murder: Germany stops all arms exports to Saudi Arabia, from now on Germany will no longer deliver any arms to Saudi Arabia. The Federal Ministry of Economics announced that exports that had already been agreed would also be stopped. Der Spiegel , November 19, 2018, [1] German arms exports: delivery stop to Saudi Arabia only applies for two months. The federal government announced severe consequences after the murder of the Saudi Arabian journalist Khashoggi. However, according to SPIEGEL information, the delivery stop for arms exports will initially only apply for a short time. Der Spiegel , November 23, 2018, [2]
5. ↑ German government extends arms embargo against Saudi Arabia by six months Der Spiegel , March 29, 2019, [3]