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At a glance
Gepard-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3
SAS Isandlwanalarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Approx Gepard 3.9 batch II
Single sourceApprox 102.4 m (336 ft) (Gepard 3.9 batch II)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Gepard-class frigate | SAS Isandlwana |
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| Power | — | CODAG WARP 2 × Diesels 5,920 kW (7,939 hp) each 2 shafts 1 × Gas turbine 20,000 kW (26,820 hp) 1 Waterjet[source] |
| Name | Gepard class (Project 1166.1)[source] | SAS Isandlwana[source] |
| Builders | Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky[source] | — |
| Operators | Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Koni class Grisha class[source] | — |
121 m (397 ft 0 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Subclasses | Project 11661 Tatarstan Project 11661K Dagestan Project 11661E Gepard: Gepard 3.9: Batch I; Batch II Gepard 5.1 Gepard 5.3[source] | — |
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| Cost | 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch I): US$175 million per ship 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch II): US$350 million per ship (price included ammunition, maintenance packages signed between Vietnam and Russia )[source] | — |
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| Built | 1991–2016[source] | — |
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| Planned | 10[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Cancelled | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Frigate[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Twin-shaft CODOG , FPP, 2 × 14,300 + 1 × 6,000 (kW)[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 20 days[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-231-1 Pal navigation radar Mineral-ME shipborne multifunctional radar system (including guidance and target designation functions for cruise missiles ) 5P-26/MR-352 Pozitiv-ME1/-ME1.2 3D active shipborne radars 5P-10E-03E Laska fire control radar for naval gun and CIWS Sonar : MGK-335EM-03 with under-keel antenna[source] | Surveillance Radar : Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar Optical Radar Tracker : 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X-band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers Electro-optical Tracker : Reutech Electro-optical tracker Identification Friend or Foe : Tellumat Integrated Naval IFF system Target Designation Sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | EW Suite : 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, Countermeasures : 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 decoy launchers[source] | ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)[source] |
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| Armament | Artillery: 1 × 76.2mm AK-176M/MA naval gun 2 × AK-630M CIWS ( Tatarstan and VPN configuration) Cruise missiles : 8 × UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr missiles ( Dagestan ) (up to 16x cells in configurations offered to the export market; options for Club-N , Yakhont and BrahMos missile systems are available) 2 × quadruple launchers (2×4) Kh-35 anti-ship missiles ( Tatarstan and VPN 's Batch I & II configuration) Anti-submarine warfare : 2 × 533mm DTA-53 twin-tube (2×2) torpedo launchers (not featured on VPN 's Batch I) Naval mines Anti-air warfare : 1 × Palash/Palma-SU CIWS featured with 8x Sosna-R short range air defense missiles ( Dagestan and VPN configuration) 1 × Osa-M twin-launcher for 20x 9M33M short range air defense missiles ( Tatarstan ) 12 × Shtil-1 VLS cells for 9M317ME medium-range surface-to-air missiles (offered configuration for the export market)[source] | 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 × twin barreled 35 mm (Denel) dual-purpose gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk1 8 × MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 2 SSM (2 × 4-cell launchers) 16 × Umkhonto SAM (2 × 8-cell vertical launchers)[source] |
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| Notes | [1][source] | — |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Battle of Isandlwana[source] |
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| Operator | — | South African Navy[source] |
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| Ordered | — | 3 December 1999[source] |
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| Builder | — | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 28 October 2001[source] |
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| Launched | — | 5 December 2002[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 20 July 2006[source] |
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| Home port | — | Simonstown[source] |
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| Status | — | Ship in active service (but non-operational)[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Valour-class frigate[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Flight deck Enclosed hangar[source] |
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