Ik vermoed dat we in de toekomst meer en meer info zullen vinden op verschillende sites, waaronder MerEtMarine maar ook van leveranciers (w.o. Thales, MBDA, Nexter,...)
Om 'Internationale Ontwikkelingen Maritiem" wat te ontlasten start ik deze.
Indien dat volgens moderatoren/beheerders niet gewenst is kan deze topic gesloten worden.
Algemene info (voorlopig gelicht uit verschillende wiki-pagina's en Franse (overheids-)pagina's
Voorlopig zijn 5 eenheden gepland.
- Eerste staalsnijden vond plaats op 24 Oktober 2019. (Amiral Ronarc'h)
Rompnummer - Naam - Indienststelling (interessant dat voor de D gekozen werd en niet de F als prefix)
D660 Amiral Ronarc'h 2024
D661 Amiral Louzeau 2025
D662 Amiral Castex 2025
D663 Amiral Nomy 2027
D664 Amiral Cabanier 2029
The Frégate de défense et d'intervention FDI (Frigates for defence and intervention) (previously named Frégates de taille intermédiaire FTI - Frigates of intermediate size)) is a French military program to design and create a planned class of frigates to be used by the French Navy.
At the moment, the program consists of five ships, with commissioning now planned from 2024 onwards.
The frigate-type has subsequently been identified as a "Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention" (FDI) with the lead ship being named Admiral Ronarc'h.
First steel was cut on 24th October 2019, beginning construction on the lead unit.
The lead ship was projected to be laid down in November 2021.
Cost:
€2.1 billion (2017) for five units (R&D=€1.7bn, Total program cost for France=€3.8bn)
€420 million (2017) per unit
General characteristics:
Type: General purpose frigate
Displacement: 4.460 t (4.390 long tons)
Length: 122 m (400 ft 3 in)
Beam: 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement
Total output: 32,000 kW (43,000 shp)
Speed: Maximum: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance: 45 days
Complement: 110, excluding air crew detachment of approx. 15
Sensors and processing systems:
Search radar: Thales SeaFire multi-function Active electronically scanned array radar, S-band
Sonar: Kingklip Mark 1115 hull sonar, CAPTAS-4 towed sonar
Armament:
Guns: Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola), 2 × 20 mm remotely operated guns
Anti-ship missiles: 8 × Exocet MM-40 Block 3
Anti-air missiles: 2 × Sylver A50 8-cell VLS for MBDA Aster 15/30
Anti-submarine: 2 × dual torpedo tubes with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes
Aircraft carried: 1 NH90 helicopter equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles, and/or heavy machine gun; and SDAM UAV
