The Al Madinah class are a series of four frigates built in France for the Royal Saudi Navy.

The frigates were ordered in October 1980 as part of the "Sawari" programme.

The Al Madinah class was built in France at the Arsenal de Marine, Lorient (French Government Dockyard and CNIM, La Seyne in the mid-1980s.

[1] In August 2013, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French ODAS agency signed a contract to upgrade and modernize the Al Madinah-class frigates.

[2] On 30 January 2017, Al Madinah was attacked by Yemeni Houthi militia along the western coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.