4 ships built in this class :

SCS Sarn Ithil
Commissionned : 0280-10-02
Building started : 0278-07-09

Displacement : 8,400-8,900 tons full load
Dimensions : 171.6 x 16.7 x 8.8 meters (563 x 55 x 29 feet)
Propulsion : 4 MZ675 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 84,000 shp, 32+ knots
Crew : approx. 325 + 40 helo detachment
Aviation : 1 or 2 Vautour Helos
Hangar : midships helicopter deck with Trek and 49-54 x 21-23.5 x 16+ foot/14.9-16.5 x 6.4-7.2 x 4.8+ meter hangar
Firecontrol : GEOSMk3 NSSM guidance system with GEOSMk42 radars
Radar : Calisto-IV air search
Sonar : K9gamma (G) suite with K91J LF active/passive bow mounted, KJ92S towed array
EW : SLQ-32(V)3 intercept/jammer (some ships: SLQ-32(V)2 intercept), Mk36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasure, some ships: SSQ-108 Outboard ELINT sytem
Armament : 1 64 cell ModV4VLS (64 VLA & Kriss), 8 Katana SSM, 1 8-cell Yataga, 2 5"/54cal DP, 2 20mm Tortuga CIWS, 2 triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes (TorX torpedoes), 4 12.7mm MG, 1 21-cell RAM launcher in some ships
Comments : Large ASW escort destroyers designed to operate within carrier groups, Sarn Ithil class ships were the first in the FRB navy with gas turbine propulsion systems. The hull was adapted for the Justice class, providing effective cost-control over the two classes.

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