Independence-class frigate

Independence-class Frigate

An Independence-class frigate of the Daoan Navy
Class overview
Builders:	Bao Marine
Operators:	Daoan Navy Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Reform-class frigate
Subclasses:	Kanzler-class long-range patrol vessel
Cost:	$255 million per ship
Built:	2017 - Present
In commission:	2018 - Present
Planned:	18
On order:	3
Building:	5
Completed:	10
Active:	6 Daoan Navy 4 Royal Navy
General characteristics
Type:	Guided Missile Frigate
Displacement:	Empty load: 2,450 tonnes Full load: 2,810 tonnes
Length:	105 m (344 ft 6 in)
Beam:	14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draught:	3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:	CODLAG 2 x 5.5 MW (7,375 hp) BSY 9D diesel engines 2 x 2.1 MW (2,816 hp) BSY 10F electric motors 2 x 10.3 MW (13,812 hp) Bao Marine GX-5 gas turbines 2 x propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	7,210 nmi (13,000 km; 8,000 mi)
Endurance:	20 days at sea
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 x RHIB
Complement:	90 Personnel
Sensors and processing systems:	Combat Management System Bao Marine SMART Mk.30 CMS Radar Primary: RAS30 AESA air & surface radar Secondary: LS-9 SRR 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 Mk.3 Sky Eye ECM/ELINT System Flare FRS-T 130mm 12-tube decoy launcher
Armament:	Guns 1 x KYC 76mm Naval Gun 4 x 30mm GS-9 RCWS 1 x Shield 35mm CIWS Missiles & Rockets 1 x 16-cell VLS equipped with: SA-13 surface to air missile AW-10 anti-submarine rocket AS-21 supersonic cruise missile Torpedoes 2 x 2 tripple barrel TP-9 lightweight torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	1 x V-11 Pelikan / D-20 Albatross
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck & hangar.

The Independence-class frigate (Daoan: Sự độc lập) is a class of guided-missile frigates built for the Daoan Congressional Republic Navy and designed by the Daoan shipbuilder Bao Marine. The Independence-class frigates were designed as multi-mission vessels as its capabilities include anti-aircraft, anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare roles and low radar observability. Its armaments include a 75mm rapid fire gun, four remotely operated 30mm machine gun platforms, a single 35mm close-in weapon system, surface-to-air missiles, anti-submarine rockets & torpedoes as well as supersonic cruise missiles launched via a 16-cell vertical launching system. The ship's design was based around the principle of modular naval vessels which was meant to reduce cost and increase efficiency in construction & assembly. Ships of the class are poised to gradually replace the ageing Freedom-class destroyers that has been in service with the Daoan navy since 1991. The Independence-class is expected to fully replace the Freedom-class and become the mainstay of Daobac's active naval fleet by 2024. The Daoan Navy ordered a total of ten ships with the first ship of the Independence-class, the TCQ ''Trần Việt Thắng'', completed and commissioned in 13 April 2018. A total of six ships have been delivered by Bao Marine with a further four both on order and under construction. The Indepedence-class's modular design meant that it can be modified to fulfill other roles aside as a Frigate, with the Royal Navy of Brumen ordering both the standard Frigate and commissioning the creation of a patrol version of the Independence-class. The standard and variants of the Independence-class is also in service in the navies of XXX, XXX and XXX.