Ardent Class Frigate (Kuat Shipyards)
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 Ardent class
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Ardent Class |
| Builders: | Kuat Shipyards |
| Operators: | NRI Republic Navy |
| Preceded by: | Hemolia-class frigate |
| Cost: | $900 Million NSD per ship |
| In service: | 2013-Present |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Guided Missile Frigate |
| Displacement: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 5,800 long tons (5,900 t) (standard load) 6,391 long tons (6,494 t) (full load) |
| Length: | 146.7 m (481 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Nuclear Reactor |
| Speed: | 28 kn |
| Range: | Unlimited (theoretical) |
| Troops: | 10 Marines |
| Complement: | 201 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
list error: <br /> list (help) (AN/SPY-1D) 3D multifunction radar (SPS-67(V)4) surface search radar (DE1160) LF active and passive sonar 2 × (ARIES) navigation/surface radar 2 × (SPG-62 Mk99) radar illuminator |
| Armament: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) 2 x 25mm Testudo 1 × Mark 41 (VLS) (48-cell) 2 × 25 mm autocannon 32 × (Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA) 64 × (RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (4 per cell)) 8 × anti-ship missile 2 × twin 12.75 in (323.8 mm) (Mark 32 Mod 9) torpedo tubes with 12 (Mark 46 Mod 5) torpedoes |
| Armor: | steel shrapnel sheets, Kevlar spall liners |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 x CH-9 helicopters |