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Orion Class Frigate

Sendersdale
18-03-2007, 23:33
The Orion Class Frigate

http://www.spacewar.com/images/ship-fremm-frigate-bg.jpg

The Orion Class Frigate was created by the Senderlian Maritime Command to serve as it's next generation frigate.

The Orion class frigate is considered a stealth frigate. The stealth is acheived by a very clean superstructure compared to other conventional designs, angled sides and the use of radar absorbent material, a composite material of wood and glass fiber.

With the Orion's state of the art weapons systems, it no wonder why it considered the hunter of the sea.

Class Type: Frigate
Displacement: 3800 tons
Length: 125 Meters
Beam: 25 Meters
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 9000 Nautical miles
Endurance: 60 Days
Boats Carried: 2 ETN Boats
Complements: 150 crew

Propulsion and Power
4 x diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21000 HP (15 400 kW)

Weapons:
8 x MK 141 Harpoon SSM
16 x MICA VL SAM/SSM (launched from GWS 26 VLS)
1 x 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun
8 x M242 Bushmaster
1 x Crotale CN2 launcher (8 missiles on the launcher, 18 missiles in magasine)

Sensors:
1 x Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar
1 x firing control radar for the 100mm gun
1 x DRBN34 navigation radar
1 x DRBN34 landing radar
1 x Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor
1 x ARBR 21 radar interceptor
2 x Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher
1 x AN/SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker
1 x Prairie-Masker noise reduction system
1 x Syracuse II
1 x Inmarsat

Aircraft Complements:
1 x 10 ton Helicopter

Price: 800 000 000 USD

EDIT: Edited from earlier designs since May 7th, 2007.
Crookfur
19-03-2007, 21:47
OOC: Just out of interest does both this vessel and your posidon class uses totally different systems?
i.e. different guns in the same class, different SAMs and different light defensive guns?

Personally i would suggest sticking to 1 gun type (being british i would say go for 114mm/4.5") and 1 type of short to medium range sam (in this case soemthign a bit newer like MICA VL, it can be fired from the same tubes as Seawolf VL and is pretty much autonimous after launch. you could keep crotale as a CIWS missile s but i would make sure both ships have it.