Skejvick-class frigate

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CNS Tyinkrysse
Class overview
Name: Skejvick class
Operators:  Caspiaa
Built: 1985–1995
In commission: 1991–present
Completed: 8
Active: 7
Laid up: 1
General characteristics
Type: Multi-purpose frigate
Displacement: 3,320 tons
Length: 401 feet (122 m)
Beam: 47 feet (14 m)
Draught: 20 feet (6.1 m)
Propulsion:
  • CODOG-propulsion
  • 2 × Spey 1A, 16,700 hp (12.4 MW) gas turbines
  • 2 × Stork-Werkspoor 12SW280- 4,895 hp (3.7 MW) + 4 Stork DRO 218K diesel engines
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement: 154
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Smart-S Mk.1 long-range 3D surveillance and tracking radar
  • LW08 long-range surveillance radar
  • 100 active phased array surface detection and tracking radar (NLD and BE ships only)
Aviation facilities: Hangar and flight deck

The Skejvick-class frigate are a series of 20 multi-purpose vessels built for the Royal Caspiaan Navy between 1985 and 1995, still in active service.

Design history

Service history

Ships in class

Sale to foreign navies