Hawker-class frigate

Hawker-Class

KNS X, the lead ship of the class, sailing in the Kivu Ocean
Class overview
Name:	Hawker-Class
Builders:	Bluefront Inc.
Operators:	Kivuian Navy Akvarelian Coast Guard
Cost:	$1.22 billion Kivuian Marks
Built:	1997-2010
In service:	2000-
Planned:	5
Active:	4
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hawker-Class
Type:	Multi-role frigate
Displacement:	5,290 long tons (5,370 t) (full load)
Length:	134 m (439 ft 8 in)
Beam:	16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draft:	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	Combined diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) 2 x BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines for cruising 1 x GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine for high speed running MAAG gearboxes 2 x shafts driving controllable pitch propellers Bow Thruster Retractable (Electric) 1 MW Brunvoll Diesel generators 4 × MTU 396 Serie 12V 1250 KVA
Speed:	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Crew:	120 (Can handle up to 146)
Sensors and processing systems:	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1F 3D multifunction radar Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director Kongsberg MSI 2005F ASW combat system MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed array sonar 2 × Mark 82 AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Condor CS-3701 ECM:/ESM: suite Terma DL-12T decoy launcher Loki torpedo countermeasure
Armament:	1 or 2 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS (32 × RIM-162 ESSM) 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSMs 4 × torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes Depth charges 1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun 3 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine guns Sea Protector 2 x 7,62mm MG 3 machine gun Capabilities for other weapons 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device
Aircraft carried:	1 x Medium-sized ASW helicopter

The Hawker-Class, or F-100 class, is a class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defence frigates in service with the Kivuian Navy. The vessels were built by Kivuian ship manufacturer Bluefront Inc., with the lead ship being the KNS X. The original contract for the five ships was worth $6.1 billion marks.

In 2016, the X and the Y, were sold to the Akvarelian Coast Guard, to make way for the new X-class frigates from Jackson.

Design

The Hawker-Class frigates were intended as a replacement for the aging X-class frigates, with a primary focus on anti-submarine warfare (ASW). Eventually, the need for a robust anti-aircraft defense as well as the incorporation of the Naval Strike Missile surface-to-surface missile led to a more multi-role design.

Ships in the Class

Six ships were originally planned, but two were cancelled as a cost saving measure. A fifth ship was later added as the X (It has some improvements compared to the rest of the frigates of its class).

Main article: Equipment of the Kivuian Navy

Image	Name	Kivuian	Namesake	Laid down	Launched
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	?	?	?	?	2005
	?	?	?	?	2006
	?	?	?	?	2007
	?	?	?	?	2009