Harvard-class Frigate

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Class overview
Name:	Harvard-class Guided Missile Frigate
Operators:	Royal Navy see Users
In service:	2008 - present
Building:	0
Completed:	15
Active:	15
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Tonnage:	6,300 tons
Length:	145 m
Beam:	22 m
Draught:	6 m
Propulsion:	4 x Sentennei-Majestic 8400 Diesel Generators 2 x TEP-23 Gas Turbines
Speed:	30+ knots
Range:	10,186 km at 20 kn (18,000+ km at max fuel conservation)
Complement:	112
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 997 ARTISAN 3D Search Radar Sonar 2087 Towed Array Trixton 500 Defence Suite RHEA Defence Network
Armament:	1 x 127mm lightweight main gun 1 x TRISTAN module 1 x Type 830 CIWS 1 x Type 870 RAM (21 missiles) 1 x Standard TE-22 Foreganger launchers (4 missiles per launcher) or 2 x Mk 141 launchers (4 RGM-84 Harpoons per launcher)
Aircraft carried:	Helipad space for 4 x Light helicopters or 2 x medium helicopters

The Harvard-class was designed in 2008 to meet the demand for a new domestically designed Frigate-grade vessel capable of handling the vast requirements of the Royal Navy, both in the present and in potential conflicts in the future. Eventually replacing the older Ardent-class Frigate, which had been in service since the mid 1970s, the H.M.S Harvard (FFG-260) became an incredibly modular design that received full funding for a flotilla of the class to be built.

Design

The Royal Navy placed a tender for the replacement of the Ardent-class in 2005, calling for the requirements of a Frigate capable of fielding a wide range of capabilities. The Harvard class was one of several contenders and was chosen after the inclusion of a singular TRISTAN module was placed at the fore. The class sports a formidable fighting capability for both surface vessels and sub-surface vessels with the usage of it's incredibly large hangar, of which can carry four light helicopters or two medium.

Ships in class

Name	Number	Builder	Launched	Comissioned	Status
H.M.S Harvard	FFG-260	Eriksson & Whales	2 March 2008	22 February 2009	Active
H.M.S Barrett	FFG-261	Haleford Shipyards	15 March 2008	1 August 2009	Active
H.M.S Oakley	FFG-262	Haleford Shipyards	22 October 2008	8 December 2009	Active
H.M.S Houston	FFG-263	Eriksson & Whales	1 April 2008	10 January 2009	Active
H.M.S Queen	FFG-264	Hartford & Sons Shipyards	9 December 2008	7 August 2009	Active
H.M.S Dillinger	FFG-265	Hartford & Sons Shipyards	10 March 2009	15 December 2009	Active
H.M.S Knight	FFG-266	Haleford Shipyards	15 July 2009	5 August 2010	Active
H.M.S Lazaro	FFG-267	Bennett & Fountain Shipyards	2 February 2010	19 December 2010	Active
H.M.S Feenix	FFG-268	Haleford Shipyards	12 August 2010	7 June 2011	Active
H.M.S Seonaid	FFG-269	Bennett & Fountain Shipyards	4 November 2010	18 April 2011	Active
H.M.S Mendez	FFG-270	Haleford Shipyards	15 July 2010	21 February 2012	Active
H.M.S Mitchell	FFG-271	August Steelworks	5 August 2011	3 June 2012	Active
H.M.S Grimes	FFG-272	Haleford Shipyards	8 December 2013	23 September 2014	Active
H.M.S Diaz	FFG-273	Bennett & Fountain Shipyards	2 January 2013	17 July 2014	Active
H.M.S Wilson	FFG-274	August Steelworks	28 June 2013	5 March 2014	Active

Users

• Belfras
  • Royal Navy
• Belhavia
  • Belhavian Imperial Navy

See also

• Royal Navy