Type 31 frigate
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The Type 31 frigate, also known as the Inspiration class, and formerly known as the Type 31e frigate or General Purpose Frigate (GPF), is a class of five frigates being built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, with variants also being built for the Indonesian and Polish navies. The Type 31 is intended to enter service in the 2020s alongside the eight submarine-hunting Type 26 frigate and will replace the five general-purpose Type 23 frigates.[15] The Type 31 is part of the British government's "National Shipbuilding Strategy".[16]
The winning design submitted by Babcock, which is based on the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Type 31 Frigate |
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Preceded by | Type 23 frigate |
Cost | £268 million (2019)[4] per unit (est.) |
In service | 2027[5][6] |
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Building | 6 |
Completed | 0 |
General characteristics | |
Type | General purpose Frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 138.7 m (455 ft 1 in) |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | In excess of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Endurance | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
Complement | 80–100 (accommodation for >180) |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | Helicopter hangar sized for Merlin and flight deck sized for Boeing CH-47 Chinook |
Notes |
Designed by Babcock International, it is based on the Odense Maritime Technology (OMT) Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate hull and is marketed under the name Arrowhead 140.[17][18] The design has been sold to Indonesia as the two ship Fregat Merah Putih ("Red-White frigate") in September 2021, and to Poland for the three ship Miecznik-class frigates in March 2022.[19][20][21]