Saudi Arabia contracted Navantia for five Avante 2200-based Al Jubail-class corvettes in November 2018, with the first ship of the project launched in July 2020. The first-in-class Al Jubail was ...

The first-in-class vessel, named Al Jubail, was handed over some 38 months after first steel was cut in January 2019. Al Jubail will be commissioned into the RSNF in March 2023. The initial contract ...

Al Jubail , the first Avante 2200-class corvette built by Navantia for the RSNF, arrives at King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 25 August. (SAMI) The first Al Jubail Avante 2200 ...