The Anzac class (also identified as the ANZAC class and the MEKO 200 ANZ type) is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).

MEKO ships include families of frigates, corvettes and ocean-going patrol boats. Construction of MEKO ships began in the late 1970s with the design and later building of Nigeria 's MEKO 360 H1. Vessels of similar classes use different weapons systems.

Egyptian Navy frigate ENS Al-Qadeer during fitting out in Kiel, Germany, June 2023. As of January 2024, the Egyptian Navy operates three MEKO A-200EN frigates, ENS Al-Aziz, ENS Al-Qahhar and ENS Al-Qadeer. The fourth ship, ENS Al-Jabbar, is undergoing fitting out. [7]

During Indo Pacific 2023 ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) unveiled their third generation MEKO frigate design, called the MEKO A210. The company also confirmed their intent to offer the design to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as part of any requirement for “Tier 2” combatants.

May 28, 2024 · The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) two-star capability head has made a robust defence of the ‘shrink-wrapped’ procurement strategy being pursued for the accelerated acquisition of 11 new Tier 2 general purpose frigates.

Nov 25, 2024 · Australia has officially confirmed the downselection of the German MEKO A200 frigate from TKMS and the Japanese Mogami 30FFM from Mitsubishi.

Jul 8, 2024 · Sea 3000 will see eleven frigates built for the RAN, with the first three built overseas at a foreign shipyard to allow for the first ship to be delivered to Navy in 2029 and enter service in 2030. It was $1.5 billion for future sustainment in the …

Nov 13, 2024 · After rejecting Spanish, South Korean and Italian proposals, the Royal Australian Navy has therefore retained, for the final phase of its competition, two models, the light frigate MEKO 200, from the German tKMS, and the frigate FFM 30 …

Dec 6, 2024 · The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has shortlisted two foreign shipbuilders to develop a replacement for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)’s ageing ANZAC-class frigates under the A$10 billion SEA3000 general-purpose …

Apr 9, 2024 · If the RAN were to dogmatically hold tkMS to the latest reference MEKO 200 for Egypt, that comes with a Thales combat system and a rotating AESA radar, which again is different from what one assumes to be the ideal Australian configuration.