Project 15490 frigate
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Project 15490 frigate |
| Operators: | Itayana Navy |
| Preceded by: | Project 15470 frigate |
| Succeeded by: | Project 16580 frigate |
| In service: | 2014-present |
| Completed: | 24 |
| Active: | 24 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Displacement: | 5,200 tonnes |
| Length: | 138.1m |
| Beam: | 14.6m |
| Draught: | 8.6m |
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| Speed: | +32kn |
| Range: | 4,000 nautical miles at cruise turbines |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 140 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 helicopters |
The Project 15490 also known as the ARS-class frigate is a class of frigates in service with the Unifying Navy. A development of the previous Project 15470 frigate, it shares the same hull and internal layout of the predecessor, while replacing the superstructure on the one with a lower radar cross section. Additional novations include integrated electric propulsion system and integrated tower mast carrying the radar equipment.
24 ships were reordered from the cancelled Project 15470 frigates; those were commissioned from 2014 to 2024. Further development of the strike frigates of the Unifying Navy focused on developing a newer, larger hull with more space for upgrades. Those efforts culminated in Project 16580 frigate.