Horizon-class frigate vs Moudge-class frigate

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Horizon-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Horizon-class frigate

Destroyer

Credit

Petty Officer 2nd Class Sawyer Connally · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BWarships

Moudge-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

Tasnim News Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Horizon-class frigateLOA

152.87 m

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Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

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Horizon-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+83%
Draught+263%

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

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Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

153mLOA

95m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

152.87 m

LOA

Single source

141.7 m

LPP

Single source

Configuration

Details

Horizon-class frigate and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	Horizon-class frigate	Moudge-class frigate
Crew	Italy: 236, of which: 195 based-crew + 13 flight staff + 18 others^[source]	—
Power	CODOG scheme 2 × GE / Avio General Electric LM2500 Plus TAG , 20.500 kW (27.491 hp) each 2 × diesel engines SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 STC 4.320 kW (5.793 hp) each 4 × diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini V1716T2ME, 1.600 kW (2.146 hp) each 2 × shaft 1 × bow thruster^[source]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Name	Horizon class^[source]	Moudge^[source]
Builders	Horizon Sas ( DCNS , Thales , Fincantieri , Finmeccanica – Leonardo-Finmeccanica since 2016), Leonardo since 2017^[source]

Operators	French Navy Italian Navy^[source]	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Suffren class (France) Durand de la Penne class (Italy)^[source]	Alvand class^[source]

Cost	France: € 1.08 billion per unit (FY 2013) Italy: € 1.5 billion per unit (FY 2016)^[source]	—

Built	2002–2009^[source]	2001–present^[source]

In service	2008–present^[source]	2010–present^[source]

In commission	2007–present^[source]	—

Planned	8^[source]	7^[source]

Completed	4^[source]	6^[source]

Cancelled	4^[source]	—

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

Type	Destroyer^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Selex ES EMPAR Phased array G band multi-purpose radar BAE/ Thales Group S1850M long range radar Thales Group UMS 4110 CL sonar (Only Italian units:) surface search radar in E / F band Selex RAN 30X/I (RASS) Selex ES IFF SIR R/S GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN753(V)4 2 × Selex ES RTN-30X fire direction radar Sagem IRST Vampir MB (IRAS)^[source]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	Elettronica Spa 4100 Nettuno SIGEN EW 2 × OTO Melara ODLS-H decoy launching system 2 × SLAT anti torpedo system^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]

Armament	Anti-air missiles: PAAMS air-defence system. A 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System for a mix of up-to 48×: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km) Anti-ship missiles: 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 (France) 8 × TESEO Mk-2/A (Italy) Guns & CIWS: 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns (France) 3 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns with Davide/Strales system (Italy) (as of 2025) 2 × 2 Sadral Mistral Simbad-RC CIWS to be fit to both French vessels in due course 2 × OTO Melara 25/80 gun with Oerlikon KBA 25mm (Italy) or , 3 × 20 mm Narwhal remotely-operated guns (France) Italy: 2 × LRAD Sitep MS-424 Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × WASS B515/1 single torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact (with 24 torpedoes stored)^[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]