Bae Systems Type-26 Frigate - Hunter Killer Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship.
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Type 26 Frigate
The Type 26 frigate or City-class frigate is a class of frigate being built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, with variants also being built for the Australian and Canadian navies.[8] The programme, known as the Global Combat Ship, was launched by the UK Ministry of Defence to partially replace the navy's thirteen Type 23 frigates, and for export.[33] Its primary role is to conduct advanced anti-submarine warfare missions while supporting air defence and general purpose operations.[9] The type is the first naval platform shared between Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom since the Tribal-class destroyer.
Class Overview
Name Type 26 frigate
Builders BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships Operators
Royal Navy
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Preceded by
Type 23 frigate (RN)
Anzac-class frigate (RAN)
Subclasses
Hunter-class frigate (RAN)
Canadian Surface Combatant (RCN)
Cost
UK: GB£1.23 billion (2017) per unit (est.)
Australia: A$35 billion (2018) for 9 units + ToT (est.)
Canada: CA$69.8 billion (2019) for 15 units + ToT (est.)
Built Contract award announced 2 July 2017
In service
Mid-2020s (planned)
Planned
8 (UK)
9 (AUS)
15 (CAN)
Building 3 General characteristics (City class)
Type Anti-submarine warfare frigate
Displacement
6,900 t (6,800 long tons; 7,600 short tons),[9] 8,000+ t full load
Lengthb149.9 m (491 ft 10 in)
Beam 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
CODLOG configuration:
1 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine
4× MTU Type 20V 4000 M53B high-speed diesel generators
2 × electric motors
Speed
In excess of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range
In excess of 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) in electric-motor (EM) drive
Boats & landing craft carried 2
Complement 157(capacity for 208)
Sensors and processing systems
Radar
3D radar – Type 997 Artisan
Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar
Terma SCANTER 6000 2D X-Band navigation radar
Sonar
Sonar 2087 (towed array sonar)
Ultra Electronics Type 2150 bow sonar
Satcom
SCOT-5 satcom
Electronic warfare
& decoys
IRVIN-GQ DLF decoys
Armament
Anti-air missiles:
2 x 24-cell VLS for 48 Sea Ceptor anti-air missiles
Anti-ship and anti-surface missiles:
1 x 24-cell Mark 41 VLS for various missiles including Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapons
Guns:
1 × 5-inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun
2 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × Miniguns
4 × General purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried
Accommodation for two helicopters:
Wildcat, armed with;
4 × Sea Venom anti ship missiles, or
2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes
20× Martlet multirole air-surface missiles
Mk 11 depth charges
or
AgustaWestland Merlin, armed with;
4 × Sting Ray anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities
Large Chinook-capable flight deck
Enclosed hangar
Facilities for UAVs
Notes
Flexible Mission Bay
Rolls-Royce Mission Bay Handling System
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