Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate vs Moudge-class frigate

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Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate

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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+41%
Beam+51%

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

134m

95m

Length+41%

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (439 ft 8 in)^[source]

95 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate	Moudge-class frigate
Power	Combined diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) Two BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines for cruising One GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine for high speed running MAAG gearboxes Two shafts driving controllable pitch propellers Bow Thruster Retractable (Electric) 1 MW Brunvoll Diesel generators 4 × MTU 396 Serie 12V 1250 KVA^[source]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Name	Fridtjof Nansen class^[source]	Moudge^[source]
Builders	Navantia , Ferrol, Spain^[source]	Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy

Preceded by	Oslo class^[source]	Alvand class^[source]

Succeeded by	Type 26 frigate^[source]	—

Cost	NOK 21 billion (2003) for 5 units (est.) NOK 4.2 billion (2003) per unit (est.) USD 489 million per unit (est.)^[source]	—

In commission	2006-present^[source]	—

Completed	5^[source]	6^[source]

Active	4^[source]	0?^[source]

Lost	1 ( Helge Ingstad )^[source]	6 (1 unconfirmed)^[source]

Retired	1 ( Helge Ingstad )^[source]	—

Type	Multi-role frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1 F 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^[source]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	Condor CS-3701 ECM:/ESM: suite Terma DL-12T decoy launcher Loki torpedo countermeasure^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]

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 gun in Sea Protector mounts 2 × 7.62mm MG 3 machine gun Capabilities for other weapons 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device^[source]	Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes^[source]