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Class overview
Name: Project 15470 frigate
Operators: Itayana Navy
Preceded by: Project 10705 frigate
Subclasses:
  • Project 15471
  • Project 15472
  • Project 15473
In service: 2001-present
Completed:
  • Total: 52
    • Project 15471: 16
    • Project 15472: 24
    • Project 15473: 12
Active:
  • Total: 52
    • Project 15471: 16
    • Project 15472: 24
    • Project 15473: 12
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 4,500 tonnes
Length: 138.1m
Beam: 14.6m
Draught: 8.6m
Propulsion:
  • 2-shaft COGAG system:
  • 2 x cruise gas turbines (pr.15471/2: 10,000 kW each)
  • 2 x boost gas turbines (pr.15471/2: 27,500 kW each)
Speed: +32kn
Range: 4,000 nautical miles at 18 knots
Complement:
  • 193 (pr.15741)
  • 135 (pr.15742)
  • 101 (pr.15743)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Pr.15471:
    • Fregato-M3 3D air search radar
    • Klingo-95 SAM guidance radar
    • Leono-145 fire control radar
  • Pr.15472 + pr.15471 MLU:
    • Type 2132 3D air search radar
    • Type 3100 SAM guidance radar
    • Type 3141 fire control radar
  • Pr.15473:
    • Type 2172 3D air search radar
    • 3D search-and-track S-band radar
    • X-band gunnery radar
    • Active ASM guidance radar
    • Passive ASM guidance radar
  • Navigation radar
  • Optronic suite
  • Sonar suite:
    • Hull-mounted sonar
    • Towed array sonar
Armament:
  • 8 missile launchers
  • 36 SAM VLS cells
  • 3x1 100mm guns (pr.15471)
  • 1x1 100mm gun (pr.15472/3)
  • 2x2 60mm CIWS (pr.15472/3)
  • 4x2 25mm automatic cannons (pr.15471/2)
  • 2 RBU-6000 bomb throwers
  • 2x2 533mm torpedo tubes (pr.15471 as commissioned)
  • 4x4 324mm torpedo tubes (pr.15472/3 + pr.15471 MLU)
  • 4 decoy launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 helicopters

The Project 15470 is a class of frigates in service with the Unifying Navy. Conceived as the primary unit of the Navy in 1990s, the ship was designed with extensive assistance of Redisan and Elatian shipbuilders. The first two batches were constructed on the foreign shipyards or with foreign supervision, while further batches were entirely domestic. The family serves as the mainstay of the Unifying Navy and its most numerous surface combatant.

General characteristics

All sub-types of the Project 15470 share the same layout, characterized by low superstructure, several antenna masts, two funnels and a wide helicopter hangar. The hull is 138.1 m long overall, with a beam of 14.6 meters and the draught of 8.6 meters, including a 4-meter bulb housing the bow sonar array. The ships introduced the distinctive communication tower astern of the second funnel, which became the standard feature of the further projects of the Autocracy Navy.

Ships of the class are powered by the COGAG propulsion system, with two 10kW cruise gas turbines and two 27.5kW boost gas turbines. The top speed is estimated to be in excess of 32 knots, while the operational range of 4,000 nautical miles at 18 knots is typical for contemporary frigates. The initial complement of 193 on Project 15471 was reduced to 135 on Project 15472, improving the class' habitability.

The primary offensive weapon of the class are two missile mounts amidships that allow variety of missile container launchers to be fitted. Initial ships used exclusively the imported Moskit anti-ship missiles, but at some point around 2008 further launchers were developed for other types of missiles, apparently including the Kalibr cruise missile family. For anti-air defence, the ships carry 36 vertical-launch cells in three groups of 12 for various medium and short-range surface-to-air missiles. The exact types of SAMs in service of the Solar Autocracy are unknown, but are likely derived from Rezese, Redisan and Elatian systems.

In addition to missiles, the ships carry 100mm guns licensed from Elatia. Ships of the Project 15471 carry three such guns: one fore and two flanking the superstructure midships. Starting with Project 15472, the flanking 100mm guns were replaced with domestic twin 60mm CIWS, reportedly derived from Velikoslavian 60mm gun. As an auxiliary armament, the ships are equipped with four twin 25mm guns, two at the fore superstructure behind the fire control radar, and two on top of the hangar. Project 15471 places 25mm guns in manned powered mounts of Elatian origin, while Project 15472 uses remote weapon stations of Oxidentali origin instead.

The electronic equipment typically consists of a 3D air search radar, a missile control radar, a gunnery radar, a navigational radar, and an electronic warfare suite. Project 15471, conceived in 1990s, relied primarily on foreign electronic equipment, mounting Fregato-M3 3D air search, Klingo-95 SAM guidance and Leono-145 gunnery radars, and MR-420 electronic warfare suite. Project 15472, entering service in 2006, received an upgraded set of equipment, likely derived from various designs. Additionally, four optronics camera stations are mounted at the fore mast. The capabilities of the combat integration suite are unknown, but are assumed to have evolved over time.

For the anti-submarine warfare, ships of the class carry two sets of torpedo tubes below the main deck near fore of the hangar and two RBU bomb throwers. When first commissioned, ships of the Project 15471 carried two twin 533mm torpedo tubes with several reloads. Starting from the Project 15472 that was changed to quad 324mm torpedo tubes, greatly increasing the number of reloads and allowing unification of torpedo equipment throughout the Navy. It appears that the older vessels also received the new torpedo tubes on mid-life upgrade. The sonar suite consists of the bow array and the towed array; the exact specifications or the place of origin of those are unknown.

Two helicopters are housed in the hangar at the stern of the ship, complementing search capabilities and striking power of the vessel.

Project 15473

Revealed in 2015 and entering service in 2017, Project 15473 represents further development of the original design. While sharing the same hull and layout, it is distinguished by its low radar cross-section superstructure. In addition to that, the vessels replace missile and gunnery radars with an integrated radar mast, possibly derived from the one tested on Project 10705 frigates. It contains a 3D search-and-track radar, two passive surface detection arrays, a surface missile guidance radar, a fire-control radar and a communication mast similar to the one mounted on the previous frigates. More extensive automation further reduced the crew requirements to 101 men.

In addition to those improvements, it is known that the ship mounts a new sonar set, a new electrical power plant, the more advanced set of turbines and a more advanced communication and combat integration suites. The exact characteristics of those are unknown.

Notable deployments

As the main surface combatant of the Autocracy Navy, project 15470 frigates have been used to represent the Solar Autocracy whenever and wherever needed, either by themselves or escorting the few capital ships of their Navy.

Ships in class

Project 15471
Name Translation Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
<name> <Translation> some Redisan yard 07.05.1998 25.12.1999 27.12.2000 Active
<name> <Translation> some Redisan yard 07.05.1998 25.12.1999 27.12.2000 Active
<name> <Translation> some Redisan yard 11.11.1998 26.02.2000 14.04.2001 Active
<name> <Translation> some Redisan yard 11.11.1998 10.03.2000 25.05.2001 Active
<name> <Translation> some Elatian yard 13.04.1998 30.06.2000 13.01.2002 Active
<name> <Translation> some Elatian yard 17.05.1998 27.07.2000 15.02.2002 Active
<name> <Translation> some Elatian yard 10.06.1998 21.08.2000 17.03.2002 Active
<name> <Translation> some Elatian yard 23.07.1998 12.10.2000 19.04.2002 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 05.04.2000 15.09.2003 25.03.2005 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 06.04.2000 17.09.2003 27.04.2005 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 19.01.2001 25.12.2003 03.07.2005 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 18.02.2002 11.06.2004 21.09.2006 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 23.02.2000 03.08.2003 13.05.2005 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 26.03.2001 26.11.2004 04.06.2006 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 22.04.2002 30.01.2005 10.08.2007 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 12.01.2003 30.01.2006 12.10.2008 Active
Project 15472
Name Translation Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 09.01.2007 30.12.2010 03.04.2013 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 09.01.2007 30.12.2010 03.04.2013 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 11.11.2007 30.12.2010 29.05.2013 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 11.11.2007 30.01.2011 21.02.2013 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 23.03.2009 30.03.2012 22.03.2013 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 24.04.2009 30.04.2012 16.07.2013 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 06.11.2009 30.08.2012 17.09.2014 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 06.12.2009 30.08.2013 29.03.2014 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 15.01.2011 30.07.2014 30.05.2016 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 17.04.2011 30.09.2014 31.07.2016 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 19.07.2011 30.11.2014 31.08.2016 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 10.10.2011 30.12.2014 01.09.2017 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 04.04.2013 30.04.2016 30.09.2018 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 05.08.2013 30.07.2016 01.09.2019 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 01.12.2013 30.11.2016 12.09.2019 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 01.01.2014 30.12.2016 24.09.2019 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.03.2008 30.02.2011 27.02.2014 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.09.2008 30.08.2011 27.04.2014 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.11.2008 30.03.2012 27.06.2014 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.05.2009 30.06.2012 27.08.2014 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.07.2009 30.10.2012 27.10.2014 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2010 30.12.2012 27.12.2014 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.08.2010 30.01.2013 27.09.2015 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.08.2010 30.04.2013 27.09.2015 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.11.2010 30.07.2013 27.09.2016 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.11.2011 30.12.2013 27.09.2016 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2011 30.08.2014 27.09.2016 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2012 30.01.2015 27.09.2016 Active
Project 15473
Name Translation Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 28.12.2014 30.09.2015 27.09.2017 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 28.12.2014 30.09.2015 27.09.2017 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 28.12.2015 30.09.2017 27.09.2019 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 28.12.2015 30.09.2017 27.09.2019 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 28.12.2017 30.09.2019 27.09.2020 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 28.12.2017 30.09.2019 27.09.2021 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 28.12.2019 30.09.2021 27.09.2023 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.87 28.12.2019 30.09.2021 27.09.2023 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2014 30.09.2015 27.09.2017 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2014 30.09.2015 27.09.2017 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2015 30.09.2017 27.09.2019 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2015 30.09.2017 27.09.2019 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2017 30.09.2019 27.09.2021 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2017 30.09.2019 27.09.2021 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2019 30.09.2021 27.09.2023 Active
<name> <Translation> Shipbuilding Plant No.75 28.12.2019 30.09.2021 27.09.2023 Active