Horizon-class frigate

	French destroyer Forbin, lead ship of the Horizon class
Class overview
Name	Horizon class
Builders	Horizon Sas (DCNS, Thales, Fincantieri, Finmeccanica – Leonardo-Finmeccanica since 2016), Leonardo since 2017
Operators	French Navy; Italian Navy;
Preceded by	Suffren class (France); Durand de la Penne class (Italy);
Cost	France: €1.08 billion per unit (FY 2013); Italy: €1.5 billion per unit (FY 2016);
Built	2002–2007
In service	Since 2008
In commission	Since 2007
Planned	8
Completed	4
Cancelled	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	7,050 t (6,940 long tons; 7,770 short tons), full load; 5,290 t (5,210 long tons; 5,830 short tons), light displacement;
Length	152.87 m (501 ft 7 in) LOA; 141.7 m (465 ft) LPP;
Beam	20.3 m (67 ft)
Draught	5.4 m (18 ft); depth 11.8 m (39 ft);
Propulsion	CODOG scheme; 2 × GE/Avio General Electric LM2500Plus TAG, 20.500 kW (27.491 hp) each; 2 × diesel engines SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 STC 4.320 kW (5.793 hp) each; 4 × diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini V1716T2ME, 1.600 kW (2.146 hp) each; 2 × shaft; 1 × bow thruster;
Speed	In excess of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	6,100 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h); 3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 25 knots (46 km/h);
Complement	Italy: 255 in 1, 2 or 4 berth cabins
Crew	Italy: 236, of which: 195 based-crew + 13 flight staff + 18 others
Sensors &; processing systems	Selex ES EMPAR Phased array G band multi-purpose radar; BAE/Thales Group S1850M long range radar; Thales Group UMS 4110 CL sonar; (Only Italian units:) surface search radar in E/F band Selex RAN 30X/I (RASS); Selex ES IFF SIR R/S; GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN753(V)4; 2 × Selex ES RTN-30X fire direction radar; Sagem IRST Vampir MB (IRAS);
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Elettronica Spa 4100 Nettuno; SIGEN EW; 2 × OTO Melara ODLS-H decoy launching system; 2 × SLAT anti torpedo system;
Armament	Anti-air missiles:; PAAMS air-defence system.; A 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System for a mix of up-to 48×:; Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km); Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km); Anti-ship missiles:; 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 (France); 8 × TESEO Mk-2/A (Italy); Guns & CIWS:; 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns (France); 3 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns with Davide/Strales system (Italy); [1 × Sadral Mistral CIWS] "for but not with" (France); 2 × OTO Melara 25/80 gun with Oerlikon KBA 25mm (Italy) or,; 3 × 20 mm Narwhal remotely-operated guns (France); Italy: 2 × LRAD Sitep MS-424; Anti-submarine warfare:; 2 × WASS B515/1 single torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact (with 24 torpedoes stored);
Aircraft carried	1 × AW101 or SH90A
Aviation facilities	Flight deck, 24.8 m × 16.0 m (81.4 ft × 52.5 ft); Hangar for one AW101 or NH90 Caïman;

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 and are referred to as "frigates" by the French but nonetheless also use the NATO classification "D" intended for destroyers. 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. Differing national requirements, workshare disagreements and delays led to the UK withdrawing from the project in 1999 to develop the Type 45 destroyer.

The FREMM multipurpose frigate were built using the same company structure as the Horizon project.

Class overview
French destroyer Forbin, lead ship of the Horizon class
Name	Horizon class
Builders	Horizon Sas (DCNS, Thales, Fincantieri, Finmeccanica – Leonardo-Finmeccanica since 2016), Leonardo since 2017
Operators	French Navy Italian Navy
Preceded by	Suffren class (France) Durand de la Penne class (Italy)
Cost	France: €1.08 billion per unit (FY 2013) Italy: €1.5 billion per unit (FY 2016)
Built	2002–2007
In service	Since 2008
In commission	Since 2007
Planned	8
Completed	4
Cancelled	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	7,050 t (6,940 long tons; 7,770 short tons), full load 5,290 t (5,210 long tons; 5,830 short tons), light displacement
Length	152.87 m (501 ft 7 in) LOA 141.7 m (465 ft) LPP
Beam	20.3 m (67 ft)
Draught	5.4 m (18 ft) depth 11.8 m (39 ft)
Propulsion	CODOG scheme 2 × GE/Avio General Electric LM2500Plus TAG, 20.500 kW (27.491 hp) each 2 × diesel engines SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 STC 4.320 kW (5.793 hp) each 4 × diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini V1716T2ME, 1.600 kW (2.146 hp) each 2 × shaft 1 × bow thruster
Speed	In excess of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	6,100 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h) 3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 25 knots (46 km/h)
Complement	Italy: 255 in 1, 2 or 4 berth cabins
Crew	Italy: 236, of which: 195 based-crew + 13 flight staff + 18 others
Sensors & processing systems	Selex ES EMPAR Phased array G band multi-purpose radar BAE/Thales Group S1850M long range radar Thales Group UMS 4110 CL sonar (Only Italian units:) surface search radar in E/F band Selex RAN 30X/I (RASS) Selex ES IFF SIR R/S GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN753(V)4 2 × Selex ES RTN-30X fire direction radar Sagem IRST Vampir MB (IRAS)
Electronic warfare & decoys	Elettronica Spa 4100 Nettuno SIGEN EW 2 × OTO Melara ODLS-H decoy launching system 2 × SLAT anti torpedo system
Armament	Anti-air missiles: PAAMS air-defence system. A 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System for a mix of up-to 48×: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km) Anti-ship missiles: 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 (France) 8 × TESEO Mk-2/A (Italy) Guns & CIWS: 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns (France) 3 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns with Davide/Strales system (Italy) [1 × Sadral Mistral CIWS] "for but not with" (France) 2 × OTO Melara 25/80 gun with Oerlikon KBA 25mm (Italy) or, 3 × 20 mm Narwhal remotely-operated guns (France) Italy: 2 × LRAD Sitep MS-424 Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × WASS B515/1 single torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact (with 24 torpedoes stored)
Aircraft carried	1 × AW101 or SH90A
Aviation facilities	Flight deck, 24.8 m × 16.0 m (81.4 ft × 52.5 ft) Hangar for one AW101 or NH90 Caïman