C28A Class Corvette
 Algerian Navy corvette C28A | |
| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | CSSC |
| Operators: | Algerian National Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy (?) |
| In service: | 2016 |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Heavy Corvette |
| Displacement: | 2880 tons standard, 3000 tons full load |
| Length: | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.4 m (47 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.87 m (12.7 ft) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | Rigid-hulled inflatable boat |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | ESM; 2 × Type 726-4 Decoy launcher system. |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | Super-Lynx Mk140 |
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The C28A Class Corvette is a type of stealth corvettes of 2800 tons displacement belonging to the Algerian Navy, they are built in China by China State Shipbuilding Corporation CSSC in its Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai.The ship measurs 120 meters long and 14.4 meters wide, the C28A class was commissioned in 3 ships with an option for 3 others of the same type, delivery of the first unit is scheduled for Summer 2015
Design
The displacement of the C28A is about 2880 tons standard and 3000 tons full load. The propulsion system consists of four MTU diesel engines.[1]
The ship features a "low point" design and combines this with radar absorbing paint to reduce radar signature. In a departure from existing designs, there is no funnel stack. Instead, the diesels exhaust near the waterline to minimise Infrared signatures.
Top speed is expected to be around 30 kts. The hull has two sets of fin stabilisers as well as bilge keels.
Combat system
The C-28A's combat system is largely Chinese with the exception of the Thales Smart-S Mk2, associated multifunction operator consoles (MOC)/Tacticos cluster, Link Y datalinks, and associated consoles. Four or so MOC for the Smart-S are integrated with a CSTC-supplied combat management system (CMS).[2]
Armament
The ship is equipped with a 76 mm NG-16-1 naval cannon as Main Gun, inside a turret with a reduced radar cross-section design. It may engage surface targets as well as aircraft.[3]
The C28A carries HQ-7 naval short-range air defence missiles in eight-cell FM90 launcher.The missile's operating altitude is 15~6,000 m and a range of 700m to 15Km, it offers a combined guidance by Command and electro-optical tracking.
The ship also carries C-802A anti-ship missiles in two quad launchers, it can target ships within the range of 280Km. And 2 × Triple 324mm torpedo launchers.
Two seven-barrel 30 mm Type 730 CIWS provide Close-in defence, Both mounted atop the hangar. Each gun has a maximum rate of fire of 4,600~5,800 rounds/min.
Electronic countermeasures
The digital and solid state Type 726-4 decoy launcher system is mounted on the side of the ship and consists of two launchers. Each launcher has 18 tubes arranged in three six-tube rows. Firing is typically controlled automatically by the combat data system, but a manual control console is also provided.
The primary role of the Type 726-4 is to launch chaff and decoys. However, atypically, it may also fire ASW rockets (against submarines, torpedoes, and frogmen), and even be used for shore bombardment.
The C28A also carries an ESM system.
Sensors
The ship is equipped with Smart-S Mk2 medium to long-range air and surface surveillance 3D multibeam PESA radar designed by Thales Nederland, with a maximum range of 250Km .
Two navigation radars - an I-band (X-band) set and an E/F-band (S-band) set - that are thought to be Kelvin Hughes SharpEye radars. In addition of Type 364 targeting and secondary air search radar.
One Type 345 fire-control radar system used to guide the FM90N missiles. And 2 Type 347 fire-control radar used to guide the Type 730 CIWS.and it's also equipped with a hull-mounted chinese origin sonar.
Ships
| Name | Pennant number | Ship builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADHAFER | 920 | CSSC, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Shanghai | 15 August 2014[4] | November 2015 | Active |
| EL FATIH | 921 | CSSC, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Shanghai | 6 February 2015[5] | 10 March 2016[6] | Active |
| TBD | 922 | CSSC, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Shanghai | 2016 | Fitting |
References
- ↑ "Algerian C28A corvette".
- ↑ http://www.janes.com/article/42238/first-algerian-c28a-corvette-launched-in-china
- ↑ "First Algerian C28A corvette Launched in China".
- ↑ "Second Algerian C28A corvette Launched in China".
- ↑ "阿尔及利亚第二艘中国产C28A型导弹护卫舰正式服役" (in Chinese). The Paper. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.