That’s if you fit the original British powerplant. The ship was designed to use the standard US Navy LM2500 power packs as an alternative/fallback and those are actually a big performance improvement, as was the Type 45. The reason the type 26 is slow is because they decided to fit it with the hybrid diesel-electric CODLAG drive system. Not so great - swap that out for LM2500s and the speed problem is solved.
Which shipyard ?
” swap that out for LM2500s and the speed problem is solved.”
Can she carry enough fuel to keep those turbines turning for 7000 miles?
Just wondering.
If fitted with the LM2500s and US weapons systems, THEN she would be a fine ship. But it’s more of a Destroyer than a Frigate at 6,900 tons.
The US needs 50 Frigates in the 4,000 ton class. Small, cheap and capable. 48 VLS tubes, and integrates with Aegis.
I’m a big fan of the National Security Cutter platform by HI.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2014-04/its-time-sea-control-frigate