Type 642 Phaestos

Phaestos class frigate.

Type 642 Phaestos is a type of guided missile frigate manufactured by the Hellenic Confederation's Ellinika Nafpigia (Hellenic Shipyards) and Elliniki Viomichania Oplon (Hellenic Arms Industry). See Arms Manufacturing in the Hellenic Confederation. Its current users include the Hellenic Confederation's Hellenic Navy and Vexia's Imperial Navy, with 16 ships having been manufactured overall.

Type 642 Phaestos, named after the famous ruins situated in Crete, have been designed to combat submarines and surface ships and provide defense to task forces and convoys. The ship features a long-deck hull with a relatively high freeboard forward. The stem is raking, minimizing the possibility of damage to the nose bulb by anchors. A relatively small flare of the ship sides in the forward end reduces slamming and sea spray. The ship is fitted with ram-type fin stabilizers, enhancing the sea-keeping qualities, by ensuring an almost three-fold reduction in the roll amplitude. The ship is also provided with shoulder keels.

General Characteristics

• Displacement: 3,800 tons standard ,4,400 tons full load
• Length: 129.6 m
• Beam: 15.6
• Draught:5.6 m
• Machinery: COGAG (gas turbines), 110,000 hp
• Speed:30+ knots
• Armament:
  • Anti-ship missiles: 16 - SS-N-25 Switchblade (four quad)
  • SAM: 8 VLS for SA-N-9
  • Guns: 1x 100mm gun, 2 Kashtan CIWS
  • Torpedoes: six 533mm tubes mounted in the superstructure for ASW missiles (RPK-2 Viyuga/SS-N-15 Starfish) or Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedoes
  • 1 Ka-27 Helicopter
• Crew: 210

Variants

• 642 Phaestos - Original model, phased out. 10 manufactured for the Hellenic Navy.
• 642M Phaestos-M - Modernised 642 Phaestos. 10 upgraded for the Hellenic Navy.
• 642E Phaestos-E - Export version of 642 Phaestos. 6 manufactured for the Vexian Imperial Navy.