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Ardent class frigate (click to enlarge). |
One of the older designs still in service with the Freethinker Royal Navy, the Ardent Class Guided Missile Frigate is a powerful escort combatant design for fleet and convoy protection. The class is particularly notable for its relatively high crusing and maximum speeds and for its drastic refitting programs that have significantly altered the basic superstructure of the ship.
Statistics
- Length
- 154 Metres
- Beam
- 19 Metres
- Draft
- 8.2 Metres
- Displacement
- 9,200 tons (Normal Load)
- Crew Complement
- 190
- Gunnery
- 1 x BI D/P 155mm/52 Mk 3 (mod 2) ETC Naval Gun
- Missiles
- 1 x 64-cell (8x8) Falltech Mk 72 VLS (Strategic, Single-length), 1 x 32-cell (4x8) Falltech Mk 72 VLS (Tactical, Single-length), 2 x Quadruple ASM launchers
- Self Defence
- 2 x 40mm/18-cell ((2) 3x3) Falltech Mk 3B JOCIWS, 2 x 25mm BI Mk.7 Cannon
- ASW
- 2 x BI 50mm Super-Cavitating Underwater Cannon, 2 x Quadruple 324mm ML Torpedo Tubes
- Radar systems
- Falltech AS-22 Corus Dual-array NPI Long-range Air/Surface Search, Falltech AS-20 LPI Short-range Air Search
- Sonar
- Falltech SS-24A Medium-range Bow-mounted, Falltech SS-30B (mod 2) Towed Array
- Command/Control
- Falltech Mk 1B GSTDC
- Electronic Warfare
- Falltech Mk 605 ECM/ESM suite, 4 x Falltech Mk 7 Decoy Launchers, Falltech Universal Towed Decoy System
- Propulsion
- 2 x Thompson Engineering N5200 Gas Turbines and 2 x Thompson Engineering N4250 Diesel Turbines in IEP Configuration, providing 102MW to 2 Electrical Induction Engines, powering 2 8-blade refined pitch-controlled propellors.
- Speed
- 19 kts (Cruising), 35 kts (Maximum)
- Maximum Range
- 8,000 Miles @ 19 kts
- Defensive Arrangements
- Hardened reinforced steel hull with additional L3 TV4A6 armour panelling around most areas. Lightweight TV4A6 honeycomb framework supplementing traditional reinforced steel bulkhead arrangement. Nylon composite spall liners are incorporated in all areas of the ship. Full and comprehensive shock-proofed superstructure with full NBC shielding. High redundancy systems and multiple damage control units and stations.
- Aviation
- 720m2 one-spot flightdeck with CAE 'Beartrap' helicopter recovery system, rated for heavyweight helicopters. Enclosed hanger deck includes space for one medium or two small helicopters with full maintenance, refuelling and rearming facilities.
- Unit Cost
- US$1,000,000,000 (New Build, FY06)*
(*)Original unit cost was ~US$500,000,000, subsequent upgrades and redesigns have brought unit lifetime costs to roughly US$1.4 billion.
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