Horizon-class Destroyer

The Horizon Common New Generation Frigate (CNGF) is a multi-national collaboration to produce a new generation of anti-air warfare destroyers. Originally an alliance of Britain, France and Italy, the project is now a French/Italian effort following the withdrawal of Britain due to differing requirements. It is named Orizzonte in Italian and Horizon in French and English.

Specifications

 * Type: Air Warfare Destroyer
 * Service Period: 2007-
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 501 feet 6.5 inches (152.87 meters)
 * Beam: 66 feet 8 inches (20.32 meters)
 * Draft: 17 feet 8.6 inches (5.4 meters)
 * Displacement: 5,600 tons (Standard); 7,050 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 174 (26 officers, 110 petty officers, 38 sailors)
 * Propulsion: 2 x 31,280 hp GE/Avio General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 x 5,875 hp SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels, 1 x beam propulsor, 2 x 4-blade propellers
 * Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,964 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/hr), 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 kilometers) at 25 knots (46.3 km/hr)
 * Speed: 31.5 knots (58.34 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * EMPAR Phased Array G band multifunction radar
 * S1850M long range radar
 * Thales UMS 4110 CL sonar
 * Countermeasures
 * Radar Jammer
 * Communications Jammer
 * 2 x SCLAR-H chaff, decoy and flares launchers
 * 1 x NGDS system (2 decoy launchers, REM, RIR, LAD)
 * 1 x Contralto system (2 acoustic decoy launchers)
 * Armament
 * French Version
 * 2 x Otobreda 76mm Super Rapid naval guns
 * 6 x 8-cell Sylver A50 VLS (fires 48 Aster 15/Aster 30 SAMs)
 * 1 x Sadral launcher with 6 Mistral missiles
 * 8 x Exocet MM40 AShMs
 * 2 x MU90 torpedo tubes
 * 2 x SLAT anti torpedo system
 * 2 x 20 mm modèle F2 gun
 * Italian Version
 * 2 x Otobreda 76mm Super Rapid naval guns
 * 6 x 8-cell Sylver A50 VLS (fires 48 Aster 15/Aster 30 SAMs)
 * 8 x 8 S/S Teseo Mk2/A missile launchers
 * 2 x MU90 torpedo tubes
 * 2 x SLAT anti torpedo system
 * 2 x Oto Melara Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm guns
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 (capacity of 2) NH90 or EH101 helicopter (radar ENR, sonar Flash, LADT 11, Marte missiles or MU90 Impact torpedoes)

Marina Militare

 * ITS Andrea Doria (D553)
 * ITS Caio Duilio (D554)
 * ITS Arturo Riccardi (D555)
 * ITS Angelo Iachino (D556)

Marine Nationale

 * MN Forbin (D620)
 * MN Chevalier Paul (D621)
 * MN Jean-Baptiste Colbert (D622)
 * MN François Flohic (D623)