![]() French destroyer Forbin, lead ship of the Horizon class
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Class overview | |
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Name | Horizon class |
Builders | Horizon Sas (DCNS, Thales, Fincantieri, Finmeccanica – Leonardo-Finmeccanica since 2016), Leonardo since 2017 |
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Built | 2002–2007 |
In service | Since 2008 |
In commission | Since 2007 |
Planned | 8 |
Completed | 4 |
Cancelled | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
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Length | |
Beam | 20.3 m (67 ft) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | In excess of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[6] |
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Complement | Italia: 255 in 1, 2 or 4 beds for cabin |
Crew | Italia: 236, of which: 195 based-crew + 13 flight staff + 18 others |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × AW101 or SH90A |
Aviation facilities |
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The Horizon class (French: Classe Horizon; Italian: Classe Orizzonte) is a class of air-defence destroyers in service with the French and Italian navies. They are designated as destroyers by the Italians[7] and using NATO classification but are referred to as "frigates" by the French. The programme started as the Common New Generation Frigate (CNGF), a three-nation collaboration between France, the United Kingdom, and Italy to develop a new generation of air-defence warships.[8] Differing national requirements, workshare disagreements and delays led to the UK withdrawing from the project in 1999 to develop the Type 45 destroyer.[9]
The FREMM multipurpose frigate were built using the same company structure as the Horizon project.
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