Type 14 Frigate Project

Type 14

The Type 14 Frigate project is a multinational collaboration to create a guided missile frigate for multiple nations throughout The Western Isles. The project was launched in 2020 by Domanania, Martenyika, and Great Altera. Due to issues that arose during the design process, the Alteran Republics had to back out of the program, but left their contributions to be used.

The frigate project is meant to replace outdated ships, and future proof a nations national defense. It is primarily an air-defense frigate, capable of defending against ballistic missiles, sea skimming stealth missiles, and stealth aircraft. It's secondary duties are that of anti-ship combat and anti-submarine warfare.

In February 2023, three Type 14 frigates partook in a 7 month long exercise among WIDA navies, which served as its sea trials. All three ships finished their trials in September of 2023, and were officially commissioned shortly after.

Design

The type 14 is a frigate class ship with the strike capability of a destroyer or cruiser while also incorporating stealth into the base hull design. The ship is comparable to other frigate designs in size. With a total of 48 VLS cells, it carries armament similar to some guided missile destroyers. It was designed to carry a variety of missiles, but the standard load out is 48 missiles (16 AShM/Cruise Missiles and 32 SAM/ABM). The powerful sensors and computers of this ship allows it to track over 100 contacts, and engage up to 8 targets at once.

The ship was designed to be modular to fit every nations needs. The modular nature allows the ship to carry out a multitude of missions. This includes anti-submarine warfare, drone operations, ballistic and anti-ballistic missile operations. In the Doman navy, the Type-14 fills the anti-ballistic missile role, as well as long range strike capabilities. In the Martenyikan navy, the ship is primarily an air-defense vessel, with secondary roles for ASW and Surface warfare.

For anti-submarine operations, the ship can be fitted with Anti-Submarine Missiles while the onboard helicopter is equipped with sonar buoys, torpedoes, and decoys. It is equipped with a powerful towed sonar array that is normally used for self defense or coordination attacks, but can be used offensively if equipped with offensive weapons.

For drone warfare, the ship can forgo its helicopter and convert the facilities into a drone hanger, with a launch catapult and recovery nets. This ships computers are also capable of operating multiple drones independently, or in a network. The ship can also equip a large ISR drone in its helicopter bay and provide additional information to near by ships.

Contributions

This project is a multinational effort, with the following nations providing a major part of the final design.

Base Hull:
The base hull design is provided by Domanania

Vertical Launch System:
The following nations provided a VLS system for use
Domanania: Type 5 VLS

Naval Gun:
The following nations provided a naval gun for use
Martenyika

Primary Electronics and Sensors:
The following nations provided some or all of the major electronics and sensors
Domanania

Close In Weapon System:
The following nations provided a CIWS for use
Domanania: Lancer CIWS

Missiles:
The following nations provided missiles for use
Great Altera: JAMM/JAMM-ER, and LAMBS-CM/LAMBS-SS
Domanania: Block II Thunderbolt Missile, Marlin Missile, Forked Lightning, and Javelin Missile (VLS)