Kership-class patrol ship (Gowind 1000)

Basic information

Type:

Patrol ship

Parent class:

Gowind-class design ship

Operators:

Argentine Navy

French Navy (Marine Nationale)

Country of build:

France

Builder:

Naval Group (formerly DCNS)

Planned:

Completed:

In service:

2011 – present (13 years)

Ship measurements

Displacement:

1,650 t

Length:

87 m

Beam:

11 m

Machine

Propulsion system:

CODAD

Propulsion:

2 * Anglo Belgian Corporation V12 diesel engines, 5.6 MW (7,500 hp)

Speed:

21 knots

Range:

8,000 nmi (14,800 km; 9,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

Personnel

Complement:

Combat assets

Electronics:

DCNS Polaris combat management system
Terma Scanter 6002 I-Band surface search radar
Terma Scanter 4102 I-Band air and surface search radar
Sagem EOMS (Electro Optical Multisensor System) NG
Sagem SIGMA 40D Inertial measurement unit
LinkSrechts Helicopter visual landing aid system
Thales Altesse & Vigile LW ESM/COMINT system
Lacroix Defense & Security Sylena decoy system

Armament:

1 * 30 mm cannon
2 * .50-cal machine guns

Aircraft:

1 * 5-tons helicopter or 1 * 10-tons helicopter (supported)
Schiebel Camcopter S-100

The Kership-class is a range of steel monohull offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built by Kership, a joint venture of French civil shipbuilder Piriou (55%) and Naval shipbuilder DCNS (45%).

The Gowind class originally consisted of offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). After a rearrangement of products Naval Group decided to develop the OPVs as a class. To do so it formed the Kership joint venture with the Piriou shipyard in Concarneau, Brittany in May 2013 to build and market lightly armed and armoured OPVs for customs, fishing and other home security missions.

The Gowind 1000 is a 1,000-ton corvette which is well armed and fast. It is well-suited for protection, escort and embargo naval missions in a littoral environment. The Gowind 1000 can also perform presence, surveillance, intelligence and policing missions.

Argentine

After repeated negotiations and break-offs, in February 2018 the Argentine Navy was instructed to restart negotiations with Naval Group for the procurement of four Gowind-class vessels. In November 2018, Argentina confirmed the purchase of four Gowind-class vessels. The purchase includes the already-built L'Adroit, which in 2016 visited the region on a marketing trip, and three new vessels.