Nautilus-class guided missile frigate

N.I.V. Ashworth (FFG-417) at sea.
Class overview
Builders	Hull and propulsion systems: Telem Naval Industries Electronics: Novella Islands National Microprocessor Corporation (NINMC) Telem Naval Industries Armaments: Aqon Advanced Ballistics Novellan Aeronautics Telem Naval Industries
Operators	Novella Islands Navy
Preceded by	Earnst-class guided missile frigate
Cost	₦65 billion per unit
Built	2018 - Present
In commission	2019 - Present
Planned	70
Completed	42
Active	36 (with an additional 6 in 'active reserve')
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile frigate (FFG)
Displacement	5,500 tonnes at full load
Length	135 m
Beam	16 m
Draught	5 m
Propulsion	4 × Telem Naval Industries diesel-electric generators 2 × Telem Naval Industries gas turbine boosters 2 × shafts
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km)
Complement	210
Sensors and processing systems	Navigation: 2 × NINMC N-30 naval navigation radar Search: 2 × NINMC S-140 surface search radar 1 × NINMC A-140 air search radar Fire control: 1 × NINMC S-130 main battery fire control radar 1 × NINMC X-120 missile fire control radar Sonar: Telem Naval Industries U-45 passive/active sonar suite, including towed array Communications: NINMC Novellan Orbital Constellation Uplink/Downlink
Electronic warfare & decoys	NINMC XM-20 missile countermeasure system
Armament	1 × 130 mm Aqon Advanced Ballistics multipurpose naval gun 32 × Novellan Aeronautics medium vertical launch cells, with capability for: ASM-1 anti-ship missile AUM-9 heavy anti-submarine missile SAAM-3 heavy surface-to-air missile 16 × Novellan Aeronautics large vertical launch cells, with capability for: ASM-25 heavy anti-ship missile CM-7 cruise missile NCM-7 nuclear cruise missile 2 × 30 mm Aqon Advanced Ballistics missile point defence system 2 × 4-tube 330 mm Telem Naval Industries torpedo launchers, with capability for: AST-66 anti-ship torpedo AUT-3 anti-submarine torpedo
Aircraft carried	1 × UH-80C Vanguard
Aviation facilities	Helipad and enclosed hangar

Ships

See List of Nautilus-class guided missile frigates.