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 2 × Mark 41 (VLS) (64-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 |
The Ardent class is a class of Scutum combat system-equipped multi-purpose frigates in service with the Republic Navy. The vessels were built by Roman shipbuilder Kuat Shipyards.
The ships are fitted with the Scutum weapons system allowing them to track hundreds of airborne targets simultaneously as part of its integrated air defense network. The Ardent-class multi-role frigates are the only frigate in service with the Roman Republic Navy's Foreign Interest Defense Command