The
Adelaide class in RAN service are the licensed-built version of the USN's
Oliver Hazard Perry class |FFGs.
Defense NewsQuote:
Poland eyes frigates from Australia, submarines
By: Jaroslaw Adamowski, March 29, 2017 (Photo Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Dasbach/U.S. Navy)
WARSAW, Poland — Poland may purchase two Adelaide-class frigates, based on the Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessel, from Australia for its Navy, said Michal Jach, the chairman of the Polish parliament’s National Defence Committee.
“The acquisition of used Adelaide frigates from Australia would represent a major upgrade for Poland, it would raise the combat capability of our Navy,” Jach said at the Safety Forum 2017 conference in Szczecin, Poland, as reported by local news agency PAP. “These units were modernized and equipped with modern weapons and systems several years ago. After a good negotiation, we will have to pay several hundred million zloty for this. A fully equipped frigate is worth about U.S. $700 million.”
The chairman said that the Polish Ministry of National Defence is also expected to decide this year on the supplier of three new submarines for the country’s Navy. Three companies have applied to take part in the procurement procedure: France’s DCNS, Sweden's Saab and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.
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