Maratea-class landing helicopter dock

Class overview
Name:	Maratea-class
Builders:	Manley Shipyards, Smith Island, Meridon
Operators:	Meridonian Navy
Preceded by:	Chapleton-class
Cost:	800,000,000
Built:	2001-
In service:	2005-present
Completed:	7
Active:	7
General characteristics
Type:	Amphibious assault ship
Displacement:	55,000t
Length:	198 m
Beam:	50 m
Draught:	6.5 m
Propulsion:	CODAG arrangement of: 2x gas turbines producing 33,280 shp (24.8 MW) each 3x diesel generators producing 11,100 shp (8.27 MW) each 2x azimuth thrusters, producing 19,500 shp (14.5 MW) each
Speed:	Over 25 knots max sustained
Range:	10,000 nm @ 15 knots
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 × LCA or 4 x LCM
Complement:	985, ship's crew, up to 1,000 Marine Commando personnel
Sensors and processing systems:	Broadlight S1620 3D air search radar Delta MIRTS NM760 engagement/selfdefense radar 2x Delta SM333 I Band surface search/navigational radar 1x Delta SM315 E/F Band surface search radar 2x MATCA combined AHRS/INS systems MATCA Command Navigation Program Matca R400 sonar suite
Electronic warfare & decoys:	MATCA SHREWD electronic warfare suite MATCA NGSEE signals exploitation suite Nulka decoys Advanced Counter-Torpedo Decoy System Offboard Float Decoy System Nixie decoys
Armament:	Guns: 4 × Type 40 25mm RCG 'Goalkeeper' CIWS 4 × Type 318 30mm chaingun 6 x .50 caliber RCW stations Missiles: 3 × 16 cell Type 1 VLS cells (48 cells total) CADS-S (4 per cell) MSU-14 COSRO
Aircraft carried:	Standard: 6 × Balbuzard or 6 × Yv-43 6 × AS.332F2 4 × AS.365F Assault: 12 × AS.332F2 6 × AS.673 Sea Control: 12 × Balbuzard or 12 × Yv-43 6 × AS.332F2
Aviation facilities:	2 catapults, 2 lifts

The Maratea-class amphibious assault ship are a class of amphibious assault ships used by the Meridonian Navy. The Rhin-class take experience with older helicopter carriers and amphibious assault ships used by the navy and also used by other nations. They serve as a supporting ship to amphibious assaults, but also undertake roles in anti-submarine and sea control missions. They also can serve as the command center for naval landings as well.

Description

Design

Bell under construction in 2019.

The Otapara-class was originally conceived as a standardized class of destroyer able to perform all necessary functions expected of a future surface combatant, including provisions for flag facilities as leaders of surface action groups. Replacing older Mystere-class vessels, they offered a substantially increased capability in anti-ship and land attack warfare, the latter being the first introduction of the capability from a surface ship with the introduction of VLS tubes. 20 ships were originally planned, however due to the high cost related to fitting and arming an Otapara-class destroyer and its percieved inadequacy in the air defense role, the Helena-class destroyer was designed to specialize in air warfare and form the bulk of a surface action group. This lead to the emergence of the semi-formal designation of the Otapara-class as a 'general purpose' destroyer, as opposed to the 'air wafare' destroyer Helena-class.

Ships in class

Ship	Pennant number	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
MRS Bell	F159	23 March 2018	12 April 2020	03 January 2021
MRS Flint	F160	01 February 2019	24 November 2019	30 August 2021
MRS Arpeak	F161	2 August 2019	30 March 2021	20 September 2021
MRS Barton	F162	13 November 2020	20 March 2021	11 March 2022
MRS Isola	F163	16 July 2021	14 March 2022
MRS Esperance	F164	14 April 2022
MRS Cielo	F165	18 December 2022
MRS Diana	F166