August 3, 201214 yr Many classes in the HUD-4 do not have any description listed. The following is an attempt to provide some basic text that can simply be cut and paste into the database by Gunny whenever it is convenient for him to do so. Facts (dates, etc.) were gathered from Wikipedia, but I have tried to make sure I have not used the actual wording or phrasing that occurs in the Wikipedia articles. Obviously, if any of these are wrong, etc., please feel free to post corrections so that Gunny can use that information. Here are the first set of ship descriptions. They are very basic, but for now I figure they are better than nothing. If anyone has any ideas for fleshing any of them out, please feel free to post them. The idea here is to give Gunny something he can simply check one last time to make sure there are no stupid mistakes that I left in by accident and then paste right into the database. I am also including a few corrections to existing entries that appear to be in error. ---cut here--- F 100 Grenade <-- not sure about this one…is it a variation on the new Spanish frigate (F101 listed below)? F 100 Rothesay British anti-submarine frigate in service from the 1960s to the 1980s. F 101 Alvaro de Bazan New Spanish class of air defense frigates. F 134 Laksamana Malaysian missile corvettes purchased from Italy in the 1990s. F 165 Amatola New class of South African MEKO A-200SAN frigates. F 2000 Nakhoda Ragam Offshore patrol corvettes originally built for Brunei. There have been rumors that Brunei may sell them to Algeria. F 21 Hermione [Type 24] Fictional platform. Next generation British frigate. F 219 Sachsen New generation of German air defense frigates. F 220 Koeln (Klasse 120) West German frigates in service from the 1960s to the 1980s. F 225 von der Tann (Type 125) Hypothetical version of next generation German multi-role frigates. F 244 Barbaros New Turkish frigate class employing the MEKO 200 design. F 265 Annapolis Canadian destroyer class in service from the 1960s through the 1980s. DEXEX refits took place in the mid-1980s. F 265 Annapolis (DELEX) Canadian destroyer class in service from the 1960s through the 1980s. DEXEX refits took place in the mid-1980s. F 310 KNM Fridtjof New generation of large multi-role Norwegian frigates. F 352 Peder Skram Danish frigate class in service from the 1960s to the 1980s. F 361 Ivar Huitfeldt New generation of multi-role frigates in service with the Danish navy. F 40 Modernized Niteroi Brazilian version of the British Type 21 frigate, modernized in the late 1990s and early 2000s. F 40 Niteroi Brazilian version of the British Type 21 frigate, modernized in the late 1990s and early 2000s. F 452 Hydra Greek frigate class commissioned in the 1990s. F 475 Laskarina Bouboulina Greek incarnation of the FREMM frigate class. F 486 Baptista de Andrade Portuguese corvette class in service since the 1970s. F 511 TCG Heybeliada New class of Turkish anti-submarine warfare corvettes. F 512 Buyukada New class of Turkish littoral combat corvettes. F 530 TCG Akdeniz Fictional class. Projected next generation Turkish air defense warfare frigate. F 564 Artigliere [Lupo Mod.] Improved Lupo-class frigates originally built for Iraq serving with the Italian navy. F 570 Maestrale Italian frigate class in service since the 1980s. F 590 Carlo Bergamini General purpose version of the new Italian FREMM frigate class. F 591 Carlo Margottini Anti-submarine warfare version of the new Italian FREMM frigate class. F 725 Commandant Rivière French frigates commissioned in the 1960s. Three sold to Uruguay in the early 1990s. F 827 Karel Doorman Dutch multi-role frigate class commissioned in the 1990s. Some vessels sold to Chile, Portugal, and Belgium between 2004 and 2006. F 83 Erin’mi British-built class of corvettes serving in the Nigeria navy since the early 1980s. F 870 De Zeven Provincien New class of Dutch air defense warfare and command frigates. F 89 Aruda Nigerian MEKO 360H frigate commissioned in 1982. FF 1099 John Pina Craven (two listings for some reason) (Corrected) Fictional platform. Hypothetical follow-up to American Knox-class frigate featuring a 32-cell VLS system. FF 910 Weilingen Belgian class of frigates commissioned in the 1970s. One vessel sold to Bulgaria in 2004 and two more sold to Bulgaria in 2008. FF Elli Greek frigate based on the Dutch Kortenaer class. FFG 62 Cannon Fictional platform. Hypothetical follow-up to the American Perry-class frigate featuring a 48-cell VLS. FFG 100 [HUD 1996] Hypothetical treatment of future European frigate class. FFH 330 Halifax Class of multi-role frigates serving the Canadian navy since the early 1990s. FFGL Evarts Fictional platform. Hypothetical American light frigate class. FFGL Evarts 80-knot version. Fictional platform. Hypothetical American light frigate class. FFH Abigail Adams. Fictional platform. Hypothetical American helicopter frigate capable of supporting several aircraft and equipped with anti-ship missiles and a 32-cell VLS. All vessels are named for First Ladies of the United States. FFL Niki Former German Thetis-class gunboats sold to the Greek navy. G11 HMAS Quadrant Former Royal Navy destroyer acquired by Australia after World War II. GC 11 Almirante Clemente Venezuelan destroyer class built in the 1950s. GC 21 Guaicamacuto New class of Venezuelan offshore patrol vessels. K130 Braunschweig New class of German corvettes. K 91 Indian corvette based on the Soviet Tarantul class. Knud Rasmussen New class of Danish offshore patrol vessels.
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