Export Light Frigate Challenge

[Kiwi Imperialist]

Welcome to the Export Light Frigate Challenge! Your task is to draw a frigate conforming to the requirements outlined below. If you have an idea for a future challenge, remember to share it in the Future Challenge Ideas/Suggestions thread. Don't be afraid to share an idea which has been suggested by someone else. It shows that multiple people are interested in that topic.

Design Requirements

1. Your submission must depict a fictional light frigate.
2. The light frigate should be designed and built exclusively for export, and shown in the service of a country other than its creator.
3. Full load displacement must be between 1,500 long tons (1,524 tonnes) and 4,000 long tons (4,064 tonnes).
4. The light frigate should be laid down at some point between 1960 and 1990.
5. Low cost should be a key element of your light frigate's design. It should be less expensive to build and operate than ships fulfilling the same role in the navy of its creator.

Challenge Rules

1. Each participant may submit a single image.
2. The image should be a Shipbucket template modified to include the participant’s art and, optionally, one of the following: ship badge, unit insignia, manufacturer logo, national flag, or naval ensign. Other elements, including data sheets and scenic elements, are not permitted. If you have specifications and blocks of text, please include them as text in your post and not in the image itself.
3. One side-view of the participant's ship must be included. One top-view is also permitted, but not required. All other views are prohibited.
4. If two views are included, they must depict the same individual ship in the same paint scheme, markings, and configuration.
5. All art must be in Shipbucket scale and conform to the Shipbucket style guidelines.
6. A textual description accompanying each submission is permitted, but not necessary.
7. Non-serious entries, or entries substantially deviate from the challenge requirements, are not allowed.
8. Off-topic posts will be reported to the relevant authorities.

This challenge will run until Sunday 28 July 2024, ending at 23:59 UTC-12 (International Date Line West).
A countdown timer can be found at this link.

A poll will be held after this date to select a winner. When it opens, please provide honest and meaningful scores for each entry. Responses which grant maximum scores to a select group of entries, and minimum scores to all other entries, will be deleted. Members of the community who manipulate the results in such a fashion may also be subject to a permanent ban. Scores will be allocated in two categories, each with a scale of 1 to 10:

• Drawing Quality - The overall quality of the drawing. One might consider detailing, shading, and accuracy.
• Design Quality -The quality of the design presented, irrespective of drawing quality. One could consider feasibility, practicality, and realism.

[superboy]

Lalisa-class ASW Frigate
Name : HTMS Lalisa
Builder : Peene-Werft Shipyard, East Germany
Operator : Royal Thai Navy
Launched : 26 July 1978
Commissioned : 11 March 1980



General characteristics
Type: Lalisa-class anti-submarine frigate (PR.1091TH), first Royal Thai Navy frigate with helicopter deck
Displacement: 1,620 long tons
Length: 93.80 m
Beam: 10.82 m
Draft: 4.94 m

Propulsion
4 × Russki B-68 diesel engines
2 x fixed pitch propellers
Speed: 26 knots
Range: 2,860 nautical miles at 15 knots

Sensors and processing systems
1 x MR-302 Rubka (Strut curve) air/surface search radar
1 × Don Key navigation radar
1 x MR-123 Vympel fire control radar
1 x Kolonka optical director
1 x Bass Tilt hull mounted medium frequency sonar
1 x Bell Slam (MPR-12) ESM system
2 x PK-16 decoy launchers

Armament
1 x AK-176 76 mm gun
2 x AK-630 Six barrels 30 mm guns
2 x Oerlikon 20 mm twin guns (install in thailand)
2 x RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
ุ6 x 400 mm torpedo tubes
2 x 9K34 Strela-3 man portable surface-to-air missile launchers

Aircraft Carried
1 x As350 Helicopter (ASW version)

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[Shigure]

Kazagumo-class escort ship



Built by the Antara-based Riverbank Iron Works as an export ASW frigate, ships like these found themselves in the navies of Antara's few allies after the World War. Osora, still recovering from the last devastating war, did not have the drydocks available to build many of its own vessels and thus relied on the export market for three decades.

The Kazagumo class of three vessels was delivered in 1363. One of these vessels, Asashio, was present in Haishang Conflict on the side of the Antarans. After the conflict she was augmented with experimental air-defence systems exclusive to their alliance. All three vessels were retired by 1389.

Specifications

Tonnage - 2100 tonnes standard
Speed - 26 knots
Range - 8000 tonnes at 16 knots
Main battery - 1xII 130mm/52 Mk51
ASW weapons - 2xI 324mm Mk56 (as launched), MkU2 with RUR-2 torpedoes (1367)

Ships in class

Kazagumo - scrapped, 1389
Asashio - scrapped, 1389
Okitsukaze- scrapped, 1389

[BvonTeapot]

Kiel II-class Frigate ONS Primrose Sands



Designed and built by Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, the Kiel class frigates were made to act as the Kaiserliche Marine's "workhorse" ships for patrol around European waters and in Eastern Asia. Given their ability for modular modifications and all-around utility, they eventually found themselves being sought after by a multitude of nations as a cheaper alternative to exports offered by the United States and Kingdom of Italy. Due to this, KWW decided to design a modified version of the Kiel-class specifically for export that would be able to have various weapon options for each customer. The base design featured a main armament of an OTO 76mm and DARDO 40mm CIWS turrets, and was simply named the Kiel-II class.

One interested nation was the Republic of Oceania, the union between Australia and New Zealand formed after the capitulation of the United Kingdom in WWII. Finding themselves threatened by the Imperial Japanese Navy and unsure about the ability for the United States to prioritise Oceania's defense, they began searching for a cheap option that could quickly bolster their numbers. After offers from Italy and the United States, it was found that the Kiel II class could offer what was necessary until they were able to design their own modern DDG class. In 1971, an order of 6 ships was made and each was delivered through the course of the decade. These ships would serve in the Oceanian Navy until the 2010s, when they were fully replaced by the Canberra class DDGs.

Specifications

Tonnage: 3,680 tonnes
Speed: 31 knots
Range: >4000 nmi
Weapons: 1x Krupp 7.6 cm S/K 63 (OTO 76), 1x FlaRak-34, 2x twin DARDO CIWS, 2x 20mm

Ships in Class

ONS Primrose Sands - Sold to Vietnam, 2010
ONS Port Arthur - Sold to Vietnam, 2010
ONS Hobart - Scrapped, 2015
ONS Sorell - Scrapped, 2015
ONS Richmond - Scrapped, 2009
ONS Bungaree - Sold to Malaysia, 2000

[PhoenixMoscva13]

Rinoceronte Class Frigate



General characteristics
Type: Rinoceronte class multirole frigate (Universal), Guard ship (Serverniyan designation)
Manufacture: Ivanovo Shipyards
Displacement: 2,500t standard, 2,880t full long tons
Length: 116.2m
Beam: 13.7m
Draft: 4.2m

Propulsion
2-shaft COGAG: 2 x cruise gas turbines, 2 x boost gas turbines
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 3,300 km nautical miles at 16 knots

Electronics
1 x MR-105 Turel
1 x Fut-B
1 x 4R33 Baza Pop group
1 x towed sonar array
Armament
1 x AK-276 76.2 mm gun
2 x Ak-752 57 mm guns
1x Osa-M
1 x RBU-2500
1x RBU-6000
Aircraft Carried
none :C

Ships in class

Rinoceronte, In service
Liderazgo, decommissioned in 2013
Almirante Aiyana, decommissioned in 2008
Avalon Royale, scrapped in 2000

Designed off the Kolovda-I frigates built for the Red Fleet, the project-1159E was primary designed for export and retained most of the Kolovda's systems. It was exported to one nation, Esperanza whom desired a lightweight vessel capable of patrolling its coastal waters, anti-piracy and cartel activity, and escort.
Built for the Esperanzan Navy in the 1970s and 1980s to replace the aging hand-me down frigates within their navy.

[Kiwi Imperialist]

Kiel-class Frigate ONS Primrose Sands

Kolova-I Class Frigate

Baron von Teapot and PhoenixMoscva13, you have both drawn interesting little ships in short order. However, I am worried your entries may not meet Design Requirement 2: "The light frigate should be designed and built exclusively for export, and shown in the service of a country other than its creator." Your designs are shown in the service of another country, but the descriptions suggest that they are not built exclusively for export. The Kiel class is said to be in service with the Kaiserliche Marine, while the Kolova-I appears to have only been exported as Red Navy surplus. If this assessment is correct, could you please consider altering your descriptions.

[Rowdy36]

Kokoda Class Frigate



The Kokoda Class Frigate was based on a design by Recherche naval architects Parker Marine for a light export frigate. It was selected by Papua New Guinea to equip its expanding navy post-independence in 1973 and the first of the class HMPNGS Ralph Honner entered service in 1989.

Specifications

Displacement: 2,200 tonnes
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 4000 nm
Length: 102.1m
Beam: 12.8m
Draft: 3.4m (excl. sonar dome)

Armament:
1 x 76mm Mk 75 gun
1 x Mk 29 launcher with Sea Sparrow SAMs
4 x Harpoon AShMs
2 x triple Mk 32 torpedo tubes
2 x 20mm GAM-BO1 guns
1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
4 x 12.7mm M2 machine guns
1 x Westland Lynx Mk.91

[PhoenixMoscva13]

Kiel-class Frigate ONS Primrose Sands

Kolova-I Class Frigate

Baron von Teapot and PhoenixMoscva13, you have both drawn interesting little ships in short order. However, I am worried your entries may not meet Design Requirement 2: "The light frigate should be designed and built exclusively for export, and shown in the service of a country other than its creator." Your designs are shown in the service of another country, but the descriptions suggest that they are not built exclusively for export. The Kiel class is said to be in service with the Kaiserliche Marine, while the Kolova-I appears to have only been exported as Red Navy surplus. If this assessment is correct, could you please consider altering your descriptions.

Thanks for letting me know! I’ll designate and fix this ship so it’s in compliance^^

[H_K]

F2000S Mod. Stealth Frigate
Builder : DCN France
Operator : Royal Saudi Navy
Ordered Winter 1987 | Laid down Spring 1990 | Commissioned Fall 1993



Designed based on the lessons of the Iran-Iraq tanker wars, the F2000S Mod was the result of an urgent operational requirement from the Royal Saudi Navy to equip its Eastern fleet with light frigates, following the USS Stark attack in May 1987. At the time, DCN was working on preliminary design of a revolutionary stealth frigate for the French Navy, with much improved survivability to serve as a chokepoint escort in high threat areas such as the Persian Gulf - this would become the La Fayette class.

The Saudi Navy immediately expressed great interest in buying its own stealth frigate. However, due to the urgency of its requirement and the fact that the French Navy's design was still being finalized, DCN decided to offer a derivative of its export-oriented F2000S (already in RSN service as the Al Madinah class), with significantly reshaped stealth superstructures and sloped hull sides. Sharing the same hydrodynamic lines, propulsion and internal arrangements as the F2000S, the new stealth frigate's design could be significantly accelerated, while leveraging many of the radar signature reduction techniques adopted for the larger French design. In keeping with its export focus, some of the more advanced innovations being considered for the French frigate were not implemented (e.g. composite deckhouse, infrared & acoustic signature reduction, improved internal layout to reduce vulnerability to missile hits).

The result was a light frigate that looked radically different on the outside to the Al Madinah class - or for that matter, to any frigate anywhere in the world. Yet to the trained eye, many of the Al Madinah's distinguishing characteristics remained, including compact dimensions, excellent range, all-diesel propulsion, and a well balanced weapons and sensor fit (including, unusually for a platform of this size, variable depth sonar). As the French might say, old wine in a new bottle...

General characteristics
Displacement: 3,000 tonnes
Length: 108m wl, 117m oa
Beam: 12.8m wl, 14.2m oa
Draft: 3.8 m (4.65m to sonar dome)
Complement: 150

Propulsion
4 × 16V PA6 V280 STC SEMT-Pielstick diesel engines, 20.7MW / 27,800hp (CODAD)
Speed: 29 knots
Range: 8,000 nautical miles at 15 knots

Sensors and processing systems
1 x DRBV-15C Sea Tiger air/surface search radar
2 x Castor-IIJ fire control radar (1 installed on Crotale launcher)
1 x optical director
1 x TSM 2630 Diodon Hull mounted medium frequency sonar
1 x TSM 2630 Sorel variable depth sonar
1 x Thomson CSF Janet ESM/ECM Suite
2 x Dagaie decoy launchers
TAVITAC 2000 combat system

Armament
1 x 100mm Creusot Loire gun
1 x Thomson CSF Crotale NG SR SAM system (24x VT1 missiles)
8 x Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 SSMs
4 x 533 mm F17P heavyweight torpedoes
1 x 2 40mm Breda Twin Fast Forty gun (located asymmetrically at the starboard corner of the hangar to improve firing arcs astern)
2 x 20 mm guns

Aircraft Carried
1 x SA-365F Dauphin helicopter (ASW/ASuW version)

EDIT: Not for submission but just to help illustrate the comparison, here is the F2000S Mod vs the original Al Madinah:

[BvonTeapot]

Kiel-class Frigate ONS Primrose Sands

Kolova-I Class Frigate

Baron von Teapot and PhoenixMoscva13, you have both drawn interesting little ships in short order. However, I am worried your entries may not meet Design Requirement 2: "The light frigate should be designed and built exclusively for export, and shown in the service of a country other than its creator." Your designs are shown in the service of another country, but the descriptions suggest that they are not built exclusively for export. The Kiel class is said to be in service with the Kaiserliche Marine, while the Kolova-I appears to have only been exported as Red Navy surplus. If this assessment is correct, could you please consider altering your descriptions.

Gotcha, edited now