Admiral Ronarc’h-class Frigate

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The Frégates de taille intermédiaire (FTI; English: Frigates of intermediate size) is a French military program to design and create a planned class of frigates to be used by the French Navy. At the moment, the program consists of eight ships, with commissioning planned from 2023 onwards.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

  • Type: Frigate
  • Service Period: 2024-
  • Characteristics:
    • Length: 400 feet (121.92 meters)
    • Beam: 58 feet (17.68 meters)
    • Draft:
    • Displacement: 4,250 tonnes
  • Crew: 125 (110 ship crew, 15 air crew)
  • Propulsion: CODAD, 2 x shafts, 42,900 shp (32,000 kW)
  • Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
  • Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
  • Sensor Suite:
    • Thales Seafire S-Band multifunction AESA Radar
    • Kingklip Mark 1115 hull Sonar
    • CAPTAS-4 towed Sonar
  • Countermeasures:
    • SENTINEL Electronic Warfare System
    • SYLENA Mk1 Decoy Launchers
  • Armament:
    • 1 x OTO-Melara 76mm/62-caliber Super Rapid naval gun
    • 2 x 8-cell SYLVER A35 VLS (fires VL-MICA SAMs)
    • 2 x 8-cell SYLVER A50 VLS (fires Aster 15/30 SAMs)
    • 8 x Exocet MM40 Blk.3C AShMs
    • 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires Eurotorp MU90 Impact lightweight torpedoes)
    • 2 x 20mm autocannons
  • Aircraft Carried: 1 x NHIndustries NH90 NFH Caïman maritime helicopter

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

France[edit | edit source]

  • MN Admiral Ronarc’h - under construction
  • MN Admiral Louzeau - planned for construction
  • MN Admiral Castex - planned for construction
  • MN Admiral Nomy - planned for construction
  • MN Admiral Cabanier - planned for construction
  • MN Admiral Sénès - planned for construction
  • MN D'Estienne d'Orves - planned for construction
  • MN Admiral Kahn - planned for construction

Greece[edit | edit source]

  • HS Kimon - under construction
  • HS Nearchos - under construction
  • HS Formion - planned for construction
  • HS Unnamed - planned for construction