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Superwombling class multi-purpose corvette unveiled!

The Holy Womble
16-06-2005, 23:35
The Holy Womble Naval Crafts (HWNC) proudly presents:

Superwombling class multi-purpose corvette (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/naval/saar5/saar5_5b.jpg).

Although this 1227 ton, 260-foot ship is called a "corvette", its weaponry and 33 knot speed are comparable to a frigate. It has a stealthy design (in fact, the Superwombling class ships are among the first surface combatant class in the world to be designed from the ground up to pre-established signature goals- RCS, IR, Visual/EO, Acoustic, and Magnetic). For its size, the Superwombling has an exceptionally powerful combat and weapons suite.

Each corvette features a Unified Combat System that provides multiple offensive and defensive capabilities. Target, weapon status, and threat evaluation information is available to all fire control and launcher systems via the ship's data bus. In addition, the El-Op's MSIS electro-optic surveillance and fire control system is fitted on the Superwombling, which contains an
8 12 micron thermal imager, TV camera and laser rangefinder.

The ship's anti-air capability is based on the Bungo missile system developed by the Holy Womble Air Systems. Two 32-cell vertical launch systems are installed on the raised gun deck at the bow of the ship. The range of the Bungo missile is 10km and it is armed with a 22kg warhead. It also has an anti-surface target capability.

The ship has two four-cell Dagger missile launchers. The Dagger surface-to-surface missile has a range of up to 130km. The speed is high subsonic and the warhead weighs 227kg.
The Dagger is a Harpoon class subsonic, sea skimming guided missile utilizing active radar guidance. Warhead design and low-level sea-skimming cruise trajectory assure high survivability and effectiveness. The missile is capable of striking surface targets at a maximum range of 130 kilometers (60 nautical mites). Daggers are deployed on Holy Womble surface ships and submarines. Ships are usually equipped with two batteries of four container/launchers each.
The 4.57 meters long missile weighs 520kg, (628kg before launch) and is powered by a Teledyne Turbojet generating 660 pounds of thrust. Upon launch, the missile is boosted to cruise speed by a solid propellant booster. In mid course the missile flight is controlled by an altimeter and inertial guidance system. At a preplanned point, the missile's radar is activated and searches for the target. When the target is detected, the missile uses its own radar for guidance terminal homing. With a high impact velocity the missile's blast fragmentation charge uses delayed action to penetrate the target's hull and inflict maximum damage.

The ship's short to medium-range anti-ship missile is the HWAS Falchion. There are eight launchers for the Falchion missile which uses dual mode semi-active and active radar homing with a 100 kg warhead. The range is from 6 to 36km and missile velocity is 0.6 Mach.

The ship is also equipped with either a 76mm gun or a Whirlpool Mk 15 close-in weapon system (CIWS). The Whirlpool has a 20mm gun which can fire at 3,000 rounds/min and a search-and-track radar. Range is 1.5km.

The ship is fitted with six 324mm Mark 32 torpedo tubes for the Holy Womble Arms Mark 46 torpedoes which have active and passive homing. They are armed with a 44kg warhead and range is 24km. The launch tubes are mounted in the superstructure about halfway along the length of the ship.

The rear of the ship features a helicopter pad that can host any existing combat helicopter. The aircraft is meant to provide airborne anti-submarine warfare capability, as well as a range of other operations, including rescue, reconnaissance and targeting.

Countermeasures include the HWAS Ghost towed torpedo decoy system by the Holy Womble Air Systems, which seduces approaching torpedoes away from the ship. The Superwombling corvettes' radar warning receiver Womble Electronics NS-9003/9005 is also installed on on the Holy Womble naval patrol crafts. Three HWAS Deseaver stabilised chaff rocket launchers are mounted on the forward and aft towers.

The air search radar antenna is installed on the aft tower. The radar operates in E/F bands. The 2D/3D radar antenna, the fire control director and the I-band navigation radar antenna are installed on the forward tower.

The Superwombling is equipped with a hull-mounted HWAS R30 search-and-attack sonar, which operates at medium frequency and is supplied by the Womble Electronics.

The ship's propulsion system is in a CODOG combined diesel or gas configuration. The two MTU 12V 1163 TB82 diesel engines are rated at 6,600hp. The GE LM 2500 gas turbine system is cross-connected and provides 30,000hp. The propulsion system drives two shafts. The propulsion system provides a maximum speed of 33 knots. The cruise speed on the diesel engines is 20 knots and the endurance is 4,000 nautical miles. A large twin rudder provides manoeuvrability at high speed and controllable reversible pitch (CRP) propellers at low speed.

[i]Crew: 61 crew (25 officers and 36 enlisted men)+ 10 aircrew

Dimensions:
Length: 85.64 metres
Length between perpendiculars: 76.60 metres
Maximum beam: 11.88 metres
Draft: 3.17 metres
Standard displacement: 1,227 metric tons

Performance:
Maximum speed: 33 knots
Cruise speed on diesel motors: over 20 knots
Endurance: 4,000 nautical miles
Stores on board: 24 days

Propulsion: Two MTU cruise diesel engines
LM 2500 gas turbine cross connected
Two controllable pitch propellers

Surface-to-surface: 8 Dagger and 8 HWAS Falchion
Surface-to-air: 2 vertical launch Bungo launchers
Gun: one 76 mm gun or Whirlpool CIWS
Torpedoes: 6 x 32 cell Mk 32 launchers for Mk 46 torpedoes

Systems:

Air search radar: Womble Electronics 2218S
Fire control radar Womble Electornics WE/M-2221
Sonar Type 796 hull-mounted sonar HWAS R30 towed sonar array
Decoys , HWAS Deseaver decoy system, HWAS Ghost towed decoy, Womble Electronics NS-9003A/9005 radar warning receiver, jammer
Combat data system: NTCCS
Electro-optic system: El-Op MSIS
Helicopter: undetermined as of yet (not supplied with the ship)

Price: $180 million



All interested buyers can submit their requests here.
The Holy Womble
17-06-2005, 07:18
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