Tigre-class corvette

Class overview
Name:	Tigre-class corvette
Operators:	Ghantish Imperial Navy
Preceded by:	Tusker-class corvette
Succeeded by:	Ghepardo-class corvette
In service:	1985-Present
Completed:	24
Active:	9
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	1,560 tons
Length:	91.2 m
Beam:	11 m
Draught:	3.33 m
Propulsion:	CODAD, 2x Apollo Wayfarers 3,500 diesel engines
Speed:	27 knots
Range:	7,400km at 18kn
Complement:	93
Sensors and processing systems:	Giraffe radar Mk33 navigation radar system WM-25 fire control radar Model 103 Hull-mounted sonar,
Armament:	Missiles: 8 x RBS-15 1 x 8-cell Aspide missile launcher (8x reloads stored separately) Guns: 1 x 57mm lightweight deck-gun 2x 40mm/70 autocannons Anti-submarine: 2 x triple torpedo tubes Mark 46 torpedo 1 x sextuple Template:Bofors 375mm anti submarine rockets
Aircraft carried:	Helipad for 1x lightweight helicopter

The Tigre-class corvette is a common light surface combatant in service with the Imperial Ghantish Navy. Originally conceived in the late-70's as a potent, missile-armed multipurpose warship which can replace numerous obsolete destroyers and frigates then in service at modest cost, Tigre-class vessels were produced in large numbers and formed the backbone of the Ghantish surface fleet in the subsequent decades. It is in the process of being replaced by the Ghepardo-class, a state-of-the-art design widely regarded the equivalent of a small frigate.

Corvettes play a central role in Ghantish naval doctrine. As long range oceanic combat units, corvettes of the IGN's patrol force allow Ghant to project its influence worldwide at modest cost, carrying out a wide variety of duties such as gunboat diplomacy, sea route patrol and commerce protection and anti-piracy either unilaterally or as part of a coalition. In wartime, Tigre-class vessels can take on the function of frigates in other navies, escorting convoys or reinforcing one of Ghant's carrier or amphibious strike groups where necessary.