Joint Warrior 14-1 Hdms Peter Willemoes

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate

The Iver Huitfeldt class is a three-ship class of frigates that entered service with the Royal Danish Navy in 2012 and 2013.

The class is built on the experience gained from the Absalon-class support ships, and by reusing the basic hull design of the Absalon class the Royal Danish Navy have been able to construct the Iver Huitfeldt class considerably cheaper than comparable ships. The frigates are compatible with the Danish Navy's StanFlex modular mission payload system used in the Absalons, and are designed with slots for six modules. Each of the four stanflex positions on the missile deck is able to accommodate either the Mark 141 8-cell Harpoon launcher module, or the 12-cell Mark 56 ESSM VLS.

While the Absalon-class ships are primarily designed for command and support roles, with a large ro-ro deck, the three new Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates will be equipped for an air defence role with Standard Missiles, and the potential to use Tomahawk cruise missiles, a first for the Danish Navy.

Anti-air warfare

F361 Hdms Iver Huitfeldt

F362 Hdms Peter Willemoes

F363 Hdms Niels Juel

Hdms Peter Willemoes is seen making her debut to Leith on 28th March 2014

 

Joint Warrior 14-1 TCG Gaziantep

G-class frigate

The G class is one of the frigate classes of the Turkish Navy. They are extensively modernised versions of ex-Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigates, mainly designed for air defence with a weapons configuration that is optimized for general warfare.

Ships

TCG Gaziantep (F-490) ex-USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16)

TCG Giresun (F-491) ex-USS Antrim (FFG-20)

TCG Gemlik (F-492) ex-USS Flatley (FFG-21)

TCG Gelibolu (F-493) ex-USS Reid (FFG-30)

TCG Gökçeada (F-494) ex-USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27)

TCG Gediz (F-495) ex-USS John A. Moore (FFG-19)

TCG Gökova (F-496) ex-USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)

TCG Göksu (F-497) ex-USS Estocin (FFG-15)

TCG Gaziantep is seen here arriving Leith 28^th March 2014, she is the first Turkish warship to visit Edinburgh.

Joint Warrior 14-1 Fgs Magdeburg

Braunschweig-class corvette

The K130 Braunschweig class is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. They supplement the Gepard-class fast attack craft that are currently used.

They feature reduced radar and infrared signature ("stealth" beyond the Sachsen class frigate) and are equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote sensing. Recently, the German Navy ordered a first batch of 6 Camcopter S-100 UAVs for the use on the Braunschweig class corvettes. In addition, the German Army plans to procure the Camcopter S-100 for land-based missions.  The hangar is too small for standard helicopters, but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings, Lynx or NH-90s, the helicopters of the German Navy.

The ships were not actually built at a single shipyard. Sections were constructed at different locations at the same time and later married together.

F260 Braunschweig

F261 Magdeburg

F262 Erfurt

F263 Oldenburg

F264 Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Fgs Magdeburg is seen arriving in Leith on 27^th March 2014

Joint Warrior 14-1 Knm Thor Heyerdahl

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate

The Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates are the main surface combatant units of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The ships are named after famous Norwegian explorers, with the lead ship of the class bearing the name of Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian scientist, explorer and humanitarian. Five ships were ordered from Spanish shipbuilder Bazan (now Navantia). As of 2011, five ships are in active service.

F310 Fridtjof Nansen

F311 Roald Amundsen

F312 Otto Sverdrup

F313 Helge Ingstad

F314 Thor Heyerdahl

The new frigates will prove a great improvement over their predecessors, the Oslo-class frigates, not only in size, but also in personnel, capabilities and equipment. Compared to the old Oslo-class vessels, the new ships will be 35 meters longer, nine meters taller and two meters deeper below water. They will also be five meters broader and have three times the water displacement of the old ships. This will go a great way to solving one of the problems with the Oslo class: lack of space and much discomfort for the crew. The frigates will also operate six new NFH NH90 helicopters, with the role as an extended "arm" of the frigates' ASW and ASuW.

Knm Thor Heyerdahl is seen arriving Leith 27th March 2014

FS Pluvier

Flamant-class patrol vessel 

The Flamant class patrol vessel are a class of three Type OPV 54 patrol boats of the French Navy used for fishery monitoring, search and rescue, and patrolling France's Exclusive Economic Zone out to 200 nautical miles.  

The three boats were ordered in August 1993 and entered service in October and December 1997. They are based at Cherbourg.

In addition to their usual facilities, the boats are also equipped with two 8  tanks for anti-pollutants, and a water cannon for fire fighting. They have a plant capable of producing 15 tonnes of fresh water per day by reverse osmosis. The boats have an area for vertical replenishment. 

P676 Flamant entered service 18 December 1997 
P677 Cormoran entered service 29 October 1997 
P678 Pluvier entered service 18 December 1997

FS Pluvier is seen arriving Leith on  28th March 2014

FS Sagittaire

The Tripartite class is a class of mine warfare vessel used by the navies of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, as well as Pakistan, Indonesia, Latvia, and Bulgaria.

A joint venture of the navies of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Tripartite class of minehunters were conceived in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. France built the mine-hunting equipment, Belgium provided the electronics, and the Netherlands constructed the propulsion train. France and the Netherlands originally bought 15, with Belgium buying 10.

All three countries' Tripartite ships contribute at times to NATO's Standing Maritime MCM capability groups (SNMCMG1 or SNMCMG2). 

Ships of the class

France ("Éridan" class, Thales Group is currently upgrading France's Tripartite minehunters)

M641 Éridan 

M642 Cassiopée 

M643 Andromède

M644 Pégase 
M645 Orion

M646 Croix du Sud

M647 Aigle

M648 Lyre

M649 Persée (decommissioned in August 2009)

M650 Sagittaire

M651 Verseau (Ex Belgian M920 Iris) (decommissioned in February 2010)

M652 Céphée (Ex Belgian M919 Fuchsia)

M653 Capricorne (Ex Belgian M918 Dianthus)

Sagittaire is seen here arriving in Leith on Friday 21^st March.