Ghepardo

Class overview
Name:	Ghepardo-class corvette
Operators:	Ghantish Imperial Navy
Preceded by:	Tigre-class corvette
In service:	2003-Present
Building:	6
Completed:	6
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Tonnage:	2,050 Metric tons
Length:	95.2 m
Beam:	13.3 m
Draught:	3.6 m
Propulsion:	CODOG, 2x Apollo Wayfarers 6000 diesel engines, 1x Rollers Engineering WR-21 gas turbine
Speed:	29 knots
Range:	8,000km at 18kn
Complement:	93
Sensors and processing systems:	Giraffe radar Termina navigation radar system 2x CEROS fire control radars Model 317 Hull-mounted sonar, Model 299 VLF passive tactical towed array sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	PRAETOR Electronic Warfare System Multi Ammunition Softkill System Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:	Missiles: 8-cell self-defence length V90 Vertical-Launch System AD-16 Adder surface-to-air missile (quad-packed)] 8 x RBS-15 1 x RAM launcher (21-rounds) Guns: 1 x 57mm lightweight deck-gun 2 x 12.7mm HMG mounts Torpedoes: 2 x twin torpedo tubes MU90 Impact
Aircraft carried:	1 x Lynx Wildcat helicopter.

The Ghepardo-class corvette is one of the most numerous surface combatant in service with the Imperial Ghantish Navy. Despite its relatively small size, vessels of this class possess oceanic range and are true blue-water naval assets. Primarily intended for anti-surface warfare, the ship is also well-equipped for anti-submarine duties with its combination of hull-mounted and towed sonar array as well as an advanced ASW helicopter. Equipped with up to 32 medium-ranged and 21 short-ranged anti-air missiles, it is also well-suited to either local area defence or point defence against aerial threats. Owing to this multiplicity of capabilities, Ghepardo-class vessels are often regarded by the international naval community as the equivalent of small frigates.

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, Ghepardo-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.