Meko 200 Class Frigate 1987

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Meko 200 Class Frigate 1987

Post by Arturo » Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:39 pm

The Meko family of warships was developed by the German company Blohm + Voss. MEKO is a registered trademark. The portmanteau stands for "Mehrzweck-Kombination" (English: multi-purpose-combination). It is a concept in modern naval shipbuilding based on modularity of armament, electronics and other equipment, aiming at ease of maintenance and cost reduction. MEKO ships include families of frigates, corvettes and ocean-going patrol boats. Construction of MEKO ships began in the late seventies.

The MEKO A combat ships, are new version of this type ships, designed by Blohm and Voss, evolved from the MEKO family of ships which have been in operation with navies around the world since the 1980s. The MEKO A family includes the 1,650t MEKO A-100 multi-purpose corvette and the 3,500t MEKO A-200 frigate. Vessels of similar classes use different weapons systems. For example, for the main gun, some MEKO 200s use the Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, others use the French 100 mm naval gun or Otobreda 76 mm gun.

The latest variant is the "Combat Ship for the Littorals" or MEKO CSL. There was speculation that this design would be of interest to Israel, but it was not. It has also been called a "Littoral Combatant Ship", but it is much smaller than the American Littoral combat ship. Improvements include increased payload share of ship displacement, stealthy design, advanced propulsion system and combat systems with modular open architecture.

Builders; Blohm + Voss. Operators; Royal Australian Navy, Turkish Navy, Hellenic Navy, Portuguese Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, South African Navy. Ships are in service since 1987. General characteristics of ships; displacement; 3,400 tons (full load), length; 118 m (387 ft), beam; 14.8 m (49 ft), draught; 4.3 m (14 ft), propulsion; 1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine and 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration. Speed; 32 knots, range; 6,000 nautical miles at 18 knots, complement; 220.

Sensors and processing systems; Sonars; Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for towed array. Air search radar; Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Surface search radar; CelsiusTech 9LV 453 TIR (Ericsson Tx/Rx) (G-band) Navigation; Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA (I-band), Electronic warfare and decoys; ESM; Racal modified Sceptre A (radar intercept), Telefunken PST-1720 Telegon 10 (comms intercept)

Countermeasures; Decoys; G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk-36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC, Armament; Guns; 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 2 naval artillery gun, 3 x Phalanx or Sea Zenith CIWS. Missiles; Mk-41 Mod 5/Mod 8 VLS for ESSM and Sea Sparrow SAM 8 x Harpoon or 8 x RBS-15 SSM, Torpedoes; 2 × triple 324 mm Mk-32 Mod 5 tubes, Fire control; CelsiusTech 9LV 453 (J-band), Combat data systems; CelsiusTech 9LV 453 Mk-3 Link 11, Weapons control; CelsiusTech 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk-73 Mod 1, Aircraft carried; 1 x S-70B Seahawk or 1 x SH-2G Super Seasprite.

Until now 25 Meko Class Ships completed and all ships are in operational status worldwide.

Mozambique 2009, S.G.;, Scott; ?

Source: Wikipedia.
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