In commission: 2012 onwards Planned: 3 units Completed: 3 units
Program & Unit Cost
Unit cost:
US$325 million per ship
2002-2007
Production Period
2008-2011
Preceded By
Niels Juel-class corvette
7,050 t (6,940 long tons / 7,770 short tons), full load
5,290 t (5,206 long tons / 5,831 short tons), light displacement
Mass / Weight / Displacement
6,645 tonnes (full load)
152.87 m (501 ft 7 in) overall length (LOA)
141.7 m (465 ft) length between perpendicular (LPP)
Length
138.7 m (455 ft)
20.3 m (67 ft)
Width / Beam
19.75 m (64.8 ft)
5.4 m (18 ft)
Draft / Draught
5.3 m (17 ft)
11.8 m (39 ft)
Depth
In excess of 29 knots (54 km/h / 33 mph)
Speed
30 knots (56 km/h / 35 mph)
6,100 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 25 knots (46 km/h)
Operational Range
9,300 nautical miles (17,200 km / 10,700 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h / 21 mph)
Anti-air missiles:
- PAAMS air-defence system
- A 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System for a mix of up-to 48 ×:
- Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7-30 km) and/or
- Aster 30 missiles (range 3-120 km)
Guns & CIWS:
- 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns (France)
- 3 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns with Davide/Strales system (Italy)
- 1 × Sadral Mistral CIWS, FFBNW (France)
- 2 × OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm guns (Italy) or 3 × 20 mm Narwhal remotely-operated guns (France)
- Italy: 2 x LRAD Sitep MS-424
Anti-submarine warfare:
- 2 × WASS B515/1 single torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact (with 24 torpedoes stored)
Armament
Guns and CIWS:
1 × Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System CIWS
2 × OTO Melara 76 mm
Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) and missiles:
32 × SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles in Mk 41 VLS
24 × RIM-162 ESSM in Mk 56 VLS
CODOG scheme:
- 2 x GE/Avio General Electric LM2500Plus TAG gas turbines, 20,500 kW (27,491 hp) each
- 2 x SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 STC diesel engines, 4,320 kW (5,793 hp) each
- 4 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini V1716T2ME, 1,600 kW (2,146 hp) each
- 2 x shaft
- 1 x bow thruster
Propulsion
Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) propulsion system
4 x MTU 8000 20V M70 diesel engines, 8.2 MW each
2 x shafts
- Selex ES EMPAR Phased array G band multi-purpose radar
- BAE/Thales Group S1850M long-range radar
- Thales Group UMS 4110 CL sonar
- (Only Italian Ships:) surface search radar in E/F band Selex RAN 30X/I (RASS)
- Selex ES IFF SIR R/S
- GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN753(V)4
- 2 × Selex ES RTN-30X fire direction radar
- Sagem IRST Vampir MB (IRAS)
Sensors and Processing Systems
1 × Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar
1 × Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band)
1 × Terma SCANTER 6000 surveillance and helicopter guidance radar
Atlas ASO 94 hull-mounted sonar
2 × Saab CEROS 200 fire control radars
ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures (ESM)
- Elettronica Spa 4100 Nettuno
- SIGEN EW
- 2 × OTO Melara ODLS-H decoy launching system
- 2 × SLAT anti torpedo system
Electronic Warfare and Decoys
8 × 6-barrelled Terma MK 137 130 mm decoy launchers
Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC
1 x AW-101 or SH90A helicopter
Aircraft Carried
1 × MH-60R helicopter
- Flight deck: 24.8 m × 16.0 m (81.4 ft × 52.5 ft)
- Hangar for one AW-101 or NH90 Caiman
