Shipbucket

Nice to see it slowly progressing.

Preliminary form of the current cruisers of Royal Hellenic Navy:



A ship of my design (with some assistance from LEUT_East) which I am working for years. I have an underwater hull to work on in my computer.

Description

Type : Cruiser
Classification : Guided Missile Cruiser Helicopter
Shipyard : Neorion Shipyard, Siros Island
Built : 1977-1985
Planned : 2
Active (2017) : 2

Ships in Class

C 224 Nikiforos Fokas
C 225 Ioannis Tsimiskis

General Specifications

Displacement : 11,300 tn (standard)
LOA : 638 ft 10 in (194.78m)
WL : 614ft 9in (187.42m)
Beam (max) : 65 ft (19.82m)
Draught (hull) : 23 ft (7.01m)
Propulsion : COGAG, 4 X Rolls Royce Olympus TM3C, 83.5MW (112,000 shp)
Screws : 2, variable pitch
Max Speed : >34 kn
Range : 8,000 nm / 16 kn
Complement : 335 (+25 Command officers)

Armament

1 X 127mm OTO Melara 127/54 Compatto
4 X 2 X 35 mm Oerlikon GDM-A mod (AHEAD capable)
2 X RWS 14.5mm (HDSO Y1965 HMG, 14,5 X 114 mm)
2 X RWS 30mm (Nexter M791, 30 X 150 mm)
1X Mk26 Mod2 GMLS (64 SM-2MR or HSAM-5A)
1 X Mk29 Mod4 GMLS (ESSM capable), 24 missiles
16 X SSM (8 X HSSM-3 Sarisa I + up to 8 X HSSM-4 Sarisa II or up to 8 HCM-2 Chimera)*
8 X HSUM-1 Triton I*
4 X 3 X Mk32 torpedo tubes
2 X ARIS VI missile CIWS (32 missiles)
Aviation capabilities : Helipad 33,5 X 19 m, hangar for 2 X SA-321Gh or 2 X AS-332Fh or 3 X AB-212A2 and a SHAF P-2 UAV helicopter

*Also could loaded with 16 HSSM-4 or HCM-2 or HSUM-1 or any combination between

Sensors & Electronics

Combat Direction System : ISI HCDS VII
FCS : 2 X Mk74 mod 15
1 X Delta Electronics Sea Arrow 2A LR
1 X Delta Electronics Sea Arrow 2B LR
1 X Signaal LIOD 2 E/O
3 X AN/SPG-51D
Mk116 (Underwater FCS)
Radars : HML MkXIV 3D LR AESA
HML MkXVI 2D LR AESA
HML MkXV navigation radar
Sonar : AN/SQS-53D
ESM : DARE-S Intergated EW System (RWR, Jammer and Countermeasures)
EW Countermeasures : 4 X DL-24 (missile decoys), 2 X 12 CM-127 (127mm chaff launchers)
Torpedo Countermeasures : AN/SLQ-25 Nixie and a domestic system

Communication Systems

2 X IntraSat Satcom for HelSat
Links : 11,14, 16 (22 in near future), DHCL (Domestic Hellenic Communication Link)

Missiles on drawing (between funnel and hangar from left to right)

1) HSSM-3 Sarisa I "Turbo Exocet"
2) HSSM-4 Sarisa II (supersonic anti-ship missile)
3) HCM-2 Chimera (cruise missile, 800 km range)
4) HSUM-1 Triton (anti-submarine missile, >50 km range)

Is a huge Cruiser! And very heavily armed!

Yes, she is really large. Reason for that size was the requirement of accomodating 2 Super Frelons, which is still the largest helicopter designed and built in Europe. Therefore she had to be built with an enormous hangar -mind that the SA-321 is 6.6m high and 23m long with rotors turning.

On the other hand, Hellenic Navy follow somehow the Soviets in armament on warships. And the forward faced missile launchers were indeed inspired by a Soviet warship, the Pr.1134 Kresta.

Awesome ship!

It is intended to have the Mk26 twin launcher been replaced by Mk41 VLS during some MLU program?

No, because the HSAM-5 was designed to fit in the Mk26. And there is still stock of SM2-MR (RIM-66K-2) available. Both ships actually passed their MLU program in mid to late 2000, beause this is the newest version. Both ships will serve until 2025 at least.

MLU program included:

-New CDS to replace the obsolete NTDS
-Newer variant of ARIS IV,
-Supersonic anti-ship missiles HSSM-4, 180 km range
-Tweaks in main radars (I need to change the surface search radar, in AU reality is equivalent with Israeli EL/M 2238)
-Main 3D radar is similar with Japanese OPS-24 in technology used, but is more powerful with a large rectangular antenna. Initially, XIV radar had issues with cooling, but when technicians of Hellenic Microwave Laboratory solved the cooling problem XIV showed very impressive performance.
-Modification of OTO Melara 127mm for firing Vulcano rounds (in real world Italians have modified the 127mm Combatto guns of their Durand de la Penne DDG for Vulcano, so it can be done.

Looks great mate. I am honoured you listed me as a contributor but this is your work mate and really great work at that.

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Current Worklist:
Redrawing my entire AU after a long absence from Shipbucket

Your help was small, but very significant for final result. Thanks!

Nice looking vessel. Keep it up.

Edited the cruiser with underwater hull (as I had it). Please comment for improvements.

-I chose these names instead of original from Spartan Admirals, first name is used also in a frigate of real life Hellenic Navy.
-This cruiser has very similar power plant with Invisible Class, so I am thinking of 'borrowing" cooling water intakes for the gas turbines from Invisible drawing.
-Stabilizing system of course exist, but I am not sure were to place it.
-Hull shape is very close to that of CGN Virginia, but longer and wider. My cruiser shares also draught with CGN Virginia.
-If wondering about Sea Arrow 2A & 2B position on the ship, the "2B" is the dome in front mast (similar with Japanese FCS 2-21) and the "2A" is that on rear mast.
-Where I can find the proper SB-scale templates?