The Future Australian Navy Ep.1 General Purpose Frigates #defencenews #naval #australia #shorts
Channel: Soldiers Five
Date: 27/02/2024

he Australian Surface Fleet Review came with a host of recommendations. 

One of its most striking was the scrapping of 3 of the planned hunter class frigates in favour of 11 smaller General Purpose Frigates. 

The review suggested four designs to be acquired through a hybrid offshore then onshore building program centred in Henderson Western Australia. I promise all of these will get episodes of their own in future but in summary they are as follows 

Germanies Meko A-200 the same company that submitted the ANZAC class design. 

Japan’s Mogami 30FFM a good ship but a nation without a long naval export history 

South Korea’s Daegu class FFX Batch II and III A stronger export legacy but for primarily land based equipment 

Spain's Navantia ALFA3000 Navantia has a long if not altogether happy history of exporting designs for Australia 

Which of these the Australian Government will choose is anyone’s guess all we can do is examine each ship individually and assess they’re suitability for the Australian geographical and political landscape.