And now a modular general purpose escort/patrol frigate that has provided the bulk of the Recherchian Navy surface combatants since the mid-1990s:
Cascade Class FFH
Common features and statistics:
Length Oa.: 122.8m
Beam: 14.9m
Draught: 5.4m (bottom of sonar)
Displacement at full load: 3,750 tonnes
Range: 6,000nm at 18kn
Crew complement: 160
Speed: 28kn max. 18kn cruise
Sensors:
Type 996 3D air and surface search
SPS-49 long range air search
Type 1006 surface search
Type 911 Sea Wolf Directors
Vampir IRST
Toplite Optical Director
ThomsonSintra Spherion B hull sonar
Petrel Mine and Obstacle Avoidance sonar
Fitted for towed array sonar
Electronic Warfare:
Mk36 SRBOC launchers
SLQ-25A towed torpedo decoy
Nulka decoy launchers
Armament:
1 x Mk8 4.5in dual purpose gun
8 x Sea Eagle ASMs
2 x triple torpedo tubes for Stingray ASW torpedoes
16 x Sea Wolf VLS
2 x 25mm Typhoon CIWS
1 x Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft:
1 x medium helicopter
Boats:
2x 7m RHIBs
It was also selected by the Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy for the Anzac Frigate Project:
And finally - shamelessly copying Blackbuck here - a blank version if anyone wants to use it:
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