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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NAVY (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

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Gowind 2500 frigates

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
i     ADSB, Abu Dhabi 2020 2022 2024 ordered (2020)
ii     ADSB, Abu Dhabi 2020 2022 2024 ordered (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

2600

Length, m

102.0

Breadth, m

16.0

Draught, m

5.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 diesels-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

13600

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 3700(15)

Armament

2 x 4 MM40 Exocet Block III SSM (8 MM40), 1 x 16 ESSM SAM (VLS, 16 RIM-162), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 20/90 Narwhal-20B, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 helicopter

Electronic equipment

SMART-S Mk 2, nav. radars, Kingclip, CAPTAS UMS-4249 sonars, Vigile, Altesse ECM suites, SETIS CCS

Complement

65 + 15 passengers

Project history: French Naval Group Gowind 2500 design, officially rated as corvette. Contract was signed 25.3.2019. Building of two ships was ordered with option for two more ships.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2020