GAO AN frigates (1944/1951)

Te An 1965

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
高安 [Gao An] (ex-Chiu Chin, ex-Ta Chin, ex-Tillsonburg)	PF80, early 1960s- LCC11		Ferguson, Glasgow, UK	6.1943	12.2.1944	6.1944 // 1.6.1951	stricken 1963
德安 [Te An] (ex-Hsi Lin, ex-Ta Tung, ex-Orangeville)	PF81		Robb, Leith, UK	7.1943	26.1.1944	4.1944 // 1.6.1951	discarded 1967

Displacement standard, t

1060

Displacement full, t

1630

Length, m

68.6 pp 76.8 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

4.11 - 4.19 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

2750

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

oil 480

Endurance, nm(kts)

6200(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk 6, 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk 9, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

120

Project history: Former RCN Castle class corvettes, sold to China as merchant ships but later rearmed and commissioned by Taiwan.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Near the end of her career Gao An was reclassified to landing command ship LCC11 - some armament was replaced by communication equipment.

Displacement standard, t	1060
Displacement full, t	1630
Length, m	68.6 pp 76.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	4.11 - 4.19 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2750
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 480
Endurance, nm(kts)	6200(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk 6, 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk 9, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	120

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GAO AN frigates (1944/1951)