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Horizon-class frigate

DestroyerFranceIn service since 2007
Horizon-class frigate
Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Figueroa Medina, U.S. Navy · Public domain · background removed

Key specs

Type
Destroyer
Origin
France
Shipyards
DCNS, Thales, Fincantieri, Leonardo-Finmeccanica
Construction began
2002
First commissioned
2007
Status
In service
Ships completed
4
Ships in service
4
Ships planned
8
Crew
255

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
7,051 t
Length
152.87 m
Beam
20.30 m
Draught
5.40 m
Performance
Maximum speed
29 kn (54 km/h)
Range
6,100 nmi (11,297 km)
Armament
Armament
PAAMS48 × Sylver Vertical Launching SystemAster 15Aster 308 × Exocet MM40 Block 38 × TESEO2 × 76 mm OTO Melara 76 mm3 × 76 mm OTO Melara 76 mm2 × Mistral Simbad-RC2 × 25 mm OTO Melara3 × 20 mm2 × LRAD2 × WASS
Aircraft carried
AW101SH90A

Operators

FranceItaly

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Horizon-class frigate, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.