FMM multipurpose frigate

The X650 Aventurier as it was commissioned in 1996
Class overview
Builders:	Arsenal de Neons Arsenal de Vaudouan Chantiers Navals Courtillers Fincantieri
Operators:	Sieuxerr Sylva
Preceded by:	T 47-class (Sieuxerr) Vercingétorix-class (Sieuxerr) Charlemagne-class (Sieuxerr) Tourville-class (Sieuxerr) Durand de la Penne-class (Sylva) Audace-class (Sylva) Maestrale-class (Sylva) Lupo-class (Sylva) Other ships used by other nations
Subclasses:	ASW, GP, various national subclasses
Cost:	450,000,000
Built:	1993–present
In commission:	1996–present
Planned:	24 (Sieuxerr) 16 (Tyran) 10 (Sylva) 8 (Maracaibo) 6 (Khalistan) 4 (Batavaie) 68+ (Total)
Completed:	68
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	5,200 tonnes
Length:	133.5 m (438 ft) LOA 124.2 m (407 ft) LPP
Beam:	17.5 m (57 ft)
Draft:	4.8 m (16 ft)
Propulsion:	30,000 kW
Speed:	28 knots
Range:	5,000 nm @ 19 knots
Complement:	210
Sensors and processing systems:	Optronics: 1 × Sagem Vampir MB infra-red search and track system Radars: 1 × DRBV-26D wide air search radar 1 × CAMPAR search radar 2 × RTN-25X fire control radars 2 × Navigation and helicopter radars Sonars: 1 × DUBV-54C hull sonar 1 × DSBV-62C towed sonar Communications: Satellite links: Inmarsat, SYRACUSE
Armament:	Guns: 1 × Canon de 76 mm Modèle 1964 CADAM (ASW) 1 × Canon de 127 mm Modèle 1968 (GP) 2 × 25mm Testudo CIWS (Both) 2 × Model F2 20mm autocannons (Both) 4 × AA-82 12.7mm machine guns (Both) Missiles: 4 × 8 cell SYLVER A-50 VLS (ASW) 32-128 mix of: COFFIN SR (Quad Packed) COFFIN MR (Quad Packed) COFFIN ER 2 × 8 cell SYLVER A-50 VLS (GP) 16-64 mix of: COFFIN SR (Quad Packed) COFFIN MR (Quad Packed) COFFIN ER 2 × 8 cell SYLVER A-70 VLS (GP) 16-64 mix of: COFFIN SR (Quad Packed) COFFIN MR (Quad Packed) COFFIN ER SCALP EG MM.90 2 × 8 cell SYLVER A-43 VLS (Both) 16-64 mix of: COFFIN SR (Quad Packed) COFFIN MR (Quad Packed) 2 × 4 MM.40 Block III Exocet OR MM.90 Block II launchers (Both) 2 × 6 cell Sadral launchers (Both) (30 missiles) Torpedoes: 2 × 2-tube 533mm torpedo launcher for MU90 or L5 (Both) (10 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried:	2 × CH90 (Some, Batch II GP only have 1)

The FMM ("Frigate Multi-Mission"; Merovingian: Frégate Multi-Mission; Sylvan: Fregata multi-missione) is a class of multi-mission frigates designed in the late-1980s and built throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s. The ships were designed to give EC states a common platform to replace "medium range" air-defense warships like the Durand de la Penne-class used by the Sylvan Navy and the Vercingétorix-class used by the Sieuxerrian Navy and also primarily ASW warships like the Maestrale-class and Charlemagne-class.

The FMM would spearhead a number of new sensors and weapon systems while also retaining legacy systems to help reduce costs and increase interoperability between allied nations. In the Sieuxerrian Navy it is known as the Aventurier-class and in the Sylvan Navy as the Francisco Navarro-class.

Design

Sensors

Radars

Wide-area search is done by the D-band DRBV-26 series of radar, originally these were DRBV-26C with a range of 300km, but quickly replaced by DRBV-26D radars with an instrumental range of some 400km. Both series of radars could track up to 64 targets. In the 2000s, these radars are then replaced by the DRBV-27L, a variant of the larger DRBV-27A which is used by the Chacal-class of air defense frigates but with a shorter search range as its radar array is smaller. It shares much of the below-deck components to the DRBV-26C/D radars with a passive phased array antenna replacing the older antenna. The DRBV-27L also, like with the 27A, has the capacity to track up to 200 targets at once. The DRBV-26 series was used by previous classes of warships and was an effective, low-cost wide-area search radar.

The multi-function radar is the G-band 3D DRBJ-20. The DRBJ-20 radar has an instrumental range of 200km with the ability to track 300 targets. Like the DRBV-27, the DRBJ-20A is a passive phased array system. It was developed along with the FMM program. While a single rotating array, an upgrade to two back-to-back arrays is being pursued with the first ships getting these by 2018, designated DRBJ-20B. The radar provides targets and uplink information to the COFFIN air-defense missile.

There are also two helicopter and navigation search radars and also fire control radars.

Ships in class

Name	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Home port	Status
Sieuxerrian Navy
ASW Batch I
Aventurier	X650	Arsenal de Neons, Neons	1993	1994	1996	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Joueur	X652	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	1994	1995	1997	Neons Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Mercenaire	X653	Arsenal de Neons, Neons	1994	1995	1997	Briquemont Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Fanfaron	X656	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	1995	1996	1998	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active,
Voyageur	X657	Arsenal de Neons, Neons	1995	1996	1998	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Explorateur	X660	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	1996	1997	1999	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
AAW Batch I
Le Fantasque	X651	Arsenal de Neons, Neons	1993	1994	1996	AVA Joint Base Portcullia, Portcullia	Active
Le Malin	X654	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	1994	1995	1997	AVA Joint Base Portcullia, Portcullia	Active
Le Terrible	X655	Arsenal de Neons, Neons	1994	1995	1997	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
L'Indomptable	X658	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	1995	1996	1998	Briquemont Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
L'Audacieux	X659	Arsenal de Neons, Neons	1995	1996	1998	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Le Triomphant	X661	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	1996	1997	1999	Briquemont Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
ASW Batch II
Bourrasque	X662	Arsenal de Neons, Neons	1999	2002	2004	AVA Joint Base Portcullia, Portcullia	Active
Cyclone	X663	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	2000	2002	2004	Neons Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Orage	X664	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	2001	2003	2005	Briquemont Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
ASW Batch III
Simoun	X665	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	2002	2004	2006	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Sirocco	X668	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	2003	2005	2007	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Tempête	X670	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	2004	2006	2008	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Tornade	X673	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	2008	2010	2012	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Tramontane	X674	Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan	2009	2011	2013	Neons Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
AAW Batch III
Mogador	X667	Chantiers Navals Courtillers, Courtillers	2002	2003	2005	AVA Joint Base Portcullia, Portcullia	Active
Volta	X669	Chantiers Navals Courtillers, Courtillers	2004	2005	2008	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Kléber	X671	Chantiers Navals Courtillers, Courtillers	2006	2007	2009	Neons Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Desaix	X672	Chantiers Navals Courtillers, Courtillers	2008	2009	2012	Vaudouan Naval Base, Sieuxerr	Active
Royal Sylvan Navy
ASW
Francisco Navarro	FN	Fincanteiri	1993	1994	1996	, Sylva	Active
Mariano Bienvenida	MB	Fincanteiri	1994	1995	1997	, Sylva	Active
Maximiliano Pardo	MP	Fincanteiri	1996	1997	1999	, Sylva	Active
Felipe Pardo	FP	Fincanteiri	1998	1999	2001	, Sylva	Active
Esteban Lain	EL	Fincanteiri	2000	2001	2002	, Sylva	Active
Martin Carvallo	MC	Fincanteiri	2002	2003	2005	, Sylva	Active
GP
Rigoberto Cabal	RC	Fincanteiri	2004	2005	2006	, Sylva	Active
Sebastian Miralles	SM	Fincanteiri	2006	2007	2008	, Sylva	Active
Camilo Saavedra	CS	Fincanteiri	2008	2009	2010	, Sylva	Active
Alan Amengual	AA	Fincanteiri	2010	2012	2013	, Sylva	Active
Royal Navy (NT)
Maracaibean Navy
Khalistani Navy
Batavaian Navy