Bullfinch class frigate
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| Profile (n/a) | |
| Bullfinch-class | |
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| Design details | |
| Type | Helicopter frigate |
| Hull type | Monohull |
| Manufacturer | Royal Shipyards |
| Design No. | Type 5 Frigate |
| Unit cost Local: |
$570 million £256.757 million (INP) |
| Service dates | 2004-2007[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Crew Maximum: |
152 250 |
| Length Waterline: Overall: |
134.6 m 142.5 m |
| Beam | 16.24 m |
| Draught Keel: Max.: |
4.88 m 6.38 m |
| Displacement Normal: Full: |
5360 t 5858 t |
| Propulsion | |
| Powerplant Main: Cruise: |
CODOG-IFEP 2 × IMW MTG-6F 2 × IMW MMD-23 |
| Drive Shafts: Bow thruster: |
2-shaft 2 1 |
| Speed | 32.4 kt |
| Range | 4500 nm at 20 kts |
| Protection | |
| Main belt | 50 mm (max.) |
| Turrets | 120 mm (max.) |
| Deck | 30 mm (max.) |
| Bulkheads | 30 mm (gen.) |
| Armament | |
| Guns Main: Other: |
76 mm 2 × L41A3 30mm |
| Missiles AAW: ASuW: ASW: GP: |
2 × GWLS.65M, 2 × GWLS.66M2, 2 × GWLS.76M 2 × GWLS.39M + 2 × GWLS.25M 2 × GWLS.60M2 6 × GWLS.35M |
| Torpedoes Deck: |
2×3 324mm |
| Platform | |
| Aircraft | 1 Cormorant HM.1 |
| Operators | |
| UKIN, several others | |
The Bullfinch-class helicopter frigate replaced the Furtive-class as the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy's general purpose frigate in RL year 2004. The class was named after the former president and director-general (P/D-G) of the Royal Shipyards of Isselmere-Nieland, Sir Thomas Bullfinch, who was obliged to retire after the scandal involving the construction of the Andvari Shipyards necessary to build the Europa-class. With greater foreign competition for sales, particularly from firms in such nations as Sarzonia, Praetonia, and Questers, the Bullfinch-class was not as great an export success as its predecessor.
Batch 1
Displacement: Normal: 5,360 t; full load: 5,858 t
Dimensions: length: 134.6 m (waterline), 142.5 m (overall); beam: 16.24 m; draught: 4.88 m (keel), 6.38 m (sonar dome)
Propulsion: 2-shaft COGAG-IFEP with bow thruster; 3 gas turbines (Isselmere Motor Works MTG-6F); 96 MW = 32.7+ kts
Crew: (standard): 105 (excluding flight crew); 180 maximum
Protection: (Main belt): 50 mm; (Barbette): 120 mm; (Main missile magazine): 30 mm; (Hangar): 30 mm; (Deck (key spaces)): 30 mm; (CIC): 30 mm; (Bulkheads): 30 mm.
Compartmentalisation: 16 transverse bulkheads.
Safety Provisions: Lifeboats (25-man): 8-16
- Weapons
- AAW: 2 × GWLS.65M (fore and aft), 2 × 4-cell GWLS.66M2 (port and starboard - aft), 2 × 8-cell GWLS.76M (port and starboard), 2 × L41A3 (port and starboard)
- ASuW: 2 × 6-cell GWLS.39M (port and starboard), L25 155mm howitzer (A position)
- ASW: 2 × 8-cell GWLS.60M2 (port and starboard), 2 × 3 324mm torpedo tube (port and starboard)
- GP: 48-cell GWLS.35M (fore)
Aircraft: Capable of deploying and recovering a Cormorant HM.1-sized helicopter, 2 Salamander RHIB, and 2 or more Cuttlefish DSR.1; equipped with the "beartrap" helicopter recovery system (DSR.1 launched from torpedo tubes).
- Electronics suite
- Computer complex: MEI.5 Muninn/MEI.4 Mimir (ISOMS)
- Threat management systems: MSQ.181 NAIADS (anti-air), MEQ.185 SELKIE (anti-torpedo), MSX.193 MITRE (target recognition)
- Radars: MRU.113 Huginn/MRU.110(V)3 Raven (multifunction), MRS.118 Kafka/MRS.111(V)3 Jackdaw (air volume search), MRN.116 Beluga (navigation), MRS.164 Hofvarpnir (surface search), MRG.182 Balmung (gunnery fire control)
- Optronics: MSU.124 Adder (long range multifunction), MSS.127 Owl (surface surveillance)
- Combination radar/optronics: MSP.133 Tuesday (helicopter landing system), 4 × MSG.183 Gjallar (close range fire control)
- Sonars: MQU.134 Fenris (keel-mounted, MF/LF), MQS.145 Herring (variable depth)
- ECM/ESM: MLR.165 (radar/signals emissions receiver and direction finder), MLQ.177 (jammer), MPR.184 Nott (laser warning receiver and direction finder), MRD.199 (signals direction finder)
- Communications: JSQ.117(V)2 Godi (Link 17.2; secure datalink), MSC.121 Alvis (secure satellite communications system), MSW.125(V)2 Ran (Link 17.2G; secure missile guidance datalink), 2 × NQC.128(V)2 Dvalin (Link 17.2U; encrypted acoustic modem), MRC.178 (secure communications system), MPC.190 (laser communications transceiver), JSC.196M (encrypted burst communications transceiver).
Countermeasures: 2 × MLQ.135 Mackerel (anti-torpedo), 4 × 16-cell MLE.140 MUSE (anti-missile).
Cost: $570 million USD
Production time: 3.25 years
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