HDC-3100 Future Corvette

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The Philippine Navy is expecting the delivery of two new corvettes acquired under its Corvette Acquisition Project under the Revised AFP Modernization Program's Horizon 2 phase covering years 2018 to 2022.

The Philippines' Department of National Defense (DND) signed a contract with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries on December 28th 2021, with the shipbuilder delivering a variant of their HDC-3100/HDF-3100 corvette/frigate design.

The ships are not yet named, and construction started during a steel cutting ceremony on May 11th 2023, with the one involving the second corvette will take place on November 2023.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

  • Type: Corvette
  • Service Period: 2025-
  • Characteristics:
    • Length: 380 feet 7 inches (116 meters)
    • Beam: 48 feet 11 inches (14.91 meters)
    • Draft: 12 feet 2 inches (3.71 meters)
    • Displacement: 3,100 tons
  • Crew:
  • Installed Power: 4 x MTU-STX diesel generators
  • Propulsion: CODAD, 4 x MTU-STX diesel engines
  • Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
  • Speed: 25 knots (46.3 km/h)
  • Sensor Suite:
    • Hanwha Systems Naval Shield Baseline 4 Integrated Combat Management System
    • EL/M-2258 ALPHA S-band 3D AESA Multifunction Radar
    • Hensoldt SharpEye Mk11 Navigation/Surface Search Radar
  • Countermeasures:
  • Armament:
    • 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62-caliber Super Rapid naval gun
    • 2 x 16-cell VLS
    • 8 x Anti-ship missiles
    • 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes
    • 1 x 35mm CIWS
    • 4 x 12.7mm machine guns
  • Aircraft Carried: 1 x maritime helicopter
  • Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and hangar

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

  • BRP Unnamed - under construction
  • BRP Unnamed - planned for construction