Endurance-class frigate

Endurance-class Frigate

An Endurance-class frigate of the Daoan Navy
Class overview
Builders:	Bao Marine
Operators:	Daoan Navy
Cost:	$415 million per ship
Built:	2015 - Present
In commission:	2018 - Present
Planned:	3
Building:	1
Completed:	2
Active:	2 Daoan Navy
General characteristics
Type:	Multi-Mission Frigate
Displacement:	Empty load: 5,500 tonnes Full load: 6,100 tonnes
Length:	140 m (459 ft 4 in)
Beam:	20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Draught:	5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	CODAG 2 x XX MW (XX hp) BSY 9D diesel engines 2 x XX MW (XX hp) BSG 5A gas turbines Total output: XX MW (XX hp) 2 x propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	6,800 nmi (13,000 km; 8,000 mi)
Endurance:	30 days at sea
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 x RHIB Optional 2 x Landing craft 3 x Assault craft
Complement:	110 Personnel, excluding a 19-person air crew detachment. 150 Troops
Sensors and processing systems:	Combat Management System Bao Marine SMART Mk.30 CMS Radar Primary: RAS30 AESA air & surface radar Secondary: LS-9 SRR Fire Control System TK-4 fire control system Sonar Bao Marine SNR-360 hull mounted active/passive sonar Datalink Bao Marine GSS Datalink System IFF system Bao Marine GSS IFF System
Electronic warfare & decoys:	HSZ-100 radar warning receiver Defender-A radar jamming system Shadow Mk.3 ECM/ELINT Suite Flare FRS-T 130mm 12-tube decoy launcher
Armament:	Guns 1 x KYC 76mm Naval Gun 4 x 12.7mm GS-9 RCWS 2 x Shield 35mm CIWS Missiles & Rockets 1 x 32-cell VLS equipped with: SA-13 surface to air missile AW-10 anti-submarine rocket 2 x 4-barreled AS-19 subsonic cruise missile launchers OR 2 x 4-barreled AS-21 supersonic cruise missile launchers Torpedoes 4 x 3-barrel TP-9 lightweight torpedo launchers
Aircraft carried:	2 x V-11 Pelikan / D-20 Albatross 3 x Vulture R7 UCAV
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck & hangar.

The Endurance-class (Daoan: Sức chịu đựng) multi-mission frigates is a class of frigates in service within the Daoan Congressional Republic Navy designed, developed & constructed by Bao Marine and its subsidiaries. The Endurance-class is a development of the earlier Independence-class frigates