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TARIK BEN ZIAD frigate (2011)

Tarik Ben Ziad 2015

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
طارق بن زياد [Tarik Ben Ziad] 613   Schelde SB, Vlissingen, Netherlands 15.4.2008 12.7.2010 23.12.2011 in service (2019)
  

Displacement standard, t

2000

Displacement full, t

2335

Length, m

97.9 pp 105.1 oa

Breadth, m

13.0

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN-Pielstick 20PA6BSTC diesels

Power, h. p.

22030

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4000(18)

Armament

2 x 2 MM40 Exocet Block III SSM (4 MM40 Block III), 1 x 12 MICA SAM (VLS, 12 MICA), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 20/90 F-15B, 2 x 3 -324 B-515 TT (6 MU-90), 1 helicopter (Panther AS-565)

Electronic equipment

SMART-S Mk 2, 3x Sperry BridgeMaster E, LIROD Mk 2 radars, Kingklip sonar, Vigile 100, Scorpion ECM suites, 2x SKWS decoy RL, TACTICOS CCS

Complement

110

Project history: Dutch SIGMA 10513 design (Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach), ordered in 2008. Modified and enlarged version of Indonesian SIGMA9113 Diponegoro. Similar to SIGMA9813 Sultan Moulay Ismail class but with an extra 7.2m hull section providing C&C facilities enabling to serve as fleet flagship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Tarik Ben Ziad 2013

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