Omani ship Al Munassir
Al Munassir was ordered in 1977 from Brooke Marine by the government of Oman and laid down on 4 July that year.[1] Power was provided by Two Mirrlees Blackstone ES L8MGR diesel engines rated at 2,440 bhp (1,820 kW) driving two shafts, to give a design speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).[2] Fire support was to be provided by a single OTO Melara 76 mm gun mounted on forward and a pair of Oerlikon 20 mm cannon mounted midships, while a helipad aft could accommodate a helicopter up to the size of a Westland Sea King.[5] This area, which is strategically important for the transportation of crude oil, has no land border with the rest of Oman.[5] The vessel was placed in reserve in the mid 1990s and subsequently retired to become a harbour training ship at the end of the twentieth century.