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Monday, 24 July 2017 01:19

TYPE-26 FRIGATE

Additional Info

  • Ships in class
    NAME NUMBER LAUNCHED COMMISSIONED DECOMMISSIONED HOMEPORT
    Glasgow
    Cardiff
    Belfast
    Birmingham
    Sheffield
    Newcastle
    Edinburgh
    London
  • Length
    • 149.9 meters.
  • Beam
    • 20.8 meters
  • Displacement
    • 6,900 tons.
  • Propulsion
    • COmbined Diesel eLectric Or Gas (CODLOG)
    • 1 Rolls Royce MT30 Gas Turbine of 36,000 MW
    • 4 MTU diesel gensets powered by Type 20V 4000 M53B engines
    • 2 electric motors
    • 2 variable pitch propellers
  • Speed
    • 26 knots.
  • Range
    • 7,000 NM
  • Complement
    • 118
  • Sensors
    • Air/surface radar: Type 997 ARTISAN (Advanced Radar Target Indication Situational Awareness and Navigation)
    • Navigation radar: Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye
    • Thales Type 2050 hull sonar
    • Thales Type 2087 towed array sonar
  • ESM/ECM
    • Thales Scorpion 2
  • Countermeasures
    • Mk 251 Sea Gnat
    • Type 182 towed torpedo decoys
  • Systems
    • Combat Management Systems: BAE CMS-1
    • Data Link 11/16/22
    • Rohde & Schwarz NAVICS Integrated communications systems
    • Communications SHF SATCOM, INMARSAT, UHF, HF, VHF.
  • Weapons
    • 1 Lockheed Martin Mk41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) with 24 cells for Sea Ceptor, Tomahawk y LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile)
    • 1 gun BAE Mk-45 5/62"
    • 2 DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
    • 2 CIWS Raytheon Phalanx Block 1B
    • SEA Lightweight Torpedo Launcher for Stingray Mod. 1 torpedoes
  • Aircraft carried
    • The flight deck will be of sufficient size to handle large helicopters like Merlin and especially, Chinook.
    • The hangar can accommodate up to two helicopters the size of a AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat or AgustaWestland Merlin.[48] The hangar also has space to accommodate Unmanned aerial vehicles.
Published in United Kingdom

Brazil has selected the European MBDA Sea Ceptor system for installation on future Tamandaré class corvettes. Tamandaré class corvettes future will be based on the Barosso class corvettes and have a multirole configuration, with capacity for anti-ship and anti-air defense. They will have a main gun and secondary armament.

They will have a displacement of 2,700 tons with a length of just over 100 meters. Will also flight deck and hangar for helicóperos of medium size.

The MBDA Sea Ceptor is an all-weather missile air defense. It has been developed for the Ministry of Defence of United Kingdom to equip the ships of the Royal Navy Type 23, replacing the Sea Wolf system and for new frigates Type 26. It has also been selected by the Royal New Zealand Navy to replace the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow in Anzac class frigates.

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