Class profile
Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate Program
Belgium - Frigate
Class facts
Country
Belgium
Type
Frigate
Length
145 m
Displacement
6650 t
Speed
28 kn
Public ships
0
Public description
Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate Program is the Belgian-Dutch ASWF replacement programme for the M-frigates, kept as a zero-ship programme class with planned NSM, ESSM/Mk 41, RAM, 76 mm and 40 mm guns, lightweight torpedoes, AWWS combat system, hull/towed sonar and NH90-capable aviation facilities.
Public ships in class
No public ships yet.
Equipment summary
Weapon
Naval Strike Missile
8 missiles | planned
RIM-162 ESSM Block 2
planned
Mk 41 Vertical Launching System
16 cells | planned
RIM-116 RAM
planned
76 mm naval gun
planned
40 mm naval gun
2 mounts | planned
Mk 54 Lightweight Torpedo
planned
Lightweight torpedo launcher
planned
Sensor
Hull-mounted sonar
planned
Towed array sonar
planned
Propulsion
CODOG propulsion
planned
Aircraft
NH90 NFH
planned
Other
AWWS combat system
planned
Shipborne helicopter facilities
planned