Trivalvia
08-10-2006, 16:57
In an effort to increase Trivalvia's naval presence, the Trivalvian navy has unveiled the first of a new home-built line of warships. Designed to replace the Nightblade and Vorrasi class frigates currently in service, the new Asher class frigate was designed to be a jack of all trades escort, capable of engaging enemy ships, aircraft and submarines.
Dimensions: 130m x 14m x 6 m
Displacement: 4,200 tons full load
Powerplant: 2 diesel turbines
Propulsion: 2 shafts
Top Speed: 26 knots.
Crew: 190 (15 officers, 175 enlisted)
Armaments: 1 127mm 54 calibre gun,
6 Harpoon ASM (2 3-cell launchers),
12-cell VLS (ESSM),
1 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS mount,
2 320mm torpedo tubes (10 torpedos)
Combat Systems: Towed sonar array,
Mk. 1 Ranger Sea/Air Search Radar (400 km ID range for ships, 250 km ID range for aircraft, 345 degree coverage horizontal),
Mk. 3 Passive Radar,
Passive Sonar,
"Marksman" Intermediate Fire Control System,
"Shadow" ECM Suite,
GPS/Galileo navigation system, with map and compass backup.
Aircraft: 1 helicopter fitted for ASW (primarily sonar bouys, rather than a boom).
Finalized Construction Cost: US$450,000,000
The Navy has signed a contract with the New Moncton shipyards to build 14 of these frigates; 4 to be deployed with the Home Waters fleet, while the other ten will be assigned to the new Atlantic fleet.
Defense analysts are divided over the frigates. Some argue that Trivalvia's decision for home-built ships will insure greater independance and improve the nation's economy, currently in a recession since the Quadrivalve Archipelago crisis. Others question the value of maintaining frigates at all, stating it would have been better to start out with larger vessels.
The first Asher class frigates will be completed by the end of the year.
Dimensions: 130m x 14m x 6 m
Displacement: 4,200 tons full load
Powerplant: 2 diesel turbines
Propulsion: 2 shafts
Top Speed: 26 knots.
Crew: 190 (15 officers, 175 enlisted)
Armaments: 1 127mm 54 calibre gun,
6 Harpoon ASM (2 3-cell launchers),
12-cell VLS (ESSM),
1 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS mount,
2 320mm torpedo tubes (10 torpedos)
Combat Systems: Towed sonar array,
Mk. 1 Ranger Sea/Air Search Radar (400 km ID range for ships, 250 km ID range for aircraft, 345 degree coverage horizontal),
Mk. 3 Passive Radar,
Passive Sonar,
"Marksman" Intermediate Fire Control System,
"Shadow" ECM Suite,
GPS/Galileo navigation system, with map and compass backup.
Aircraft: 1 helicopter fitted for ASW (primarily sonar bouys, rather than a boom).
Finalized Construction Cost: US$450,000,000
The Navy has signed a contract with the New Moncton shipyards to build 14 of these frigates; 4 to be deployed with the Home Waters fleet, while the other ten will be assigned to the new Atlantic fleet.
Defense analysts are divided over the frigates. Some argue that Trivalvia's decision for home-built ships will insure greater independance and improve the nation's economy, currently in a recession since the Quadrivalve Archipelago crisis. Others question the value of maintaining frigates at all, stating it would have been better to start out with larger vessels.
The first Asher class frigates will be completed by the end of the year.