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CHONBURI fast attack craft (gun) (1983-1984)

Chonburi 2000

 

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
ชลบุรี [Chonburi] 1, 1992- 331   Breda, Venice, Italy 15.8.1981 7.6.1982 22.2.1983 in service (2019)
สงขลา [Songhkla] 2, 1992- 332   Breda, Venice, Italy 15.9.1981 6.9.1982 16.7.1983 in service (2019)
ภูเก็ต [Phuket] 3, 1992- 333   Breda, Venice, Italy 15.12.1981 3.2.1983 13.1.1984 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

400

Displacement full, t

450

Length, m

57.5 pp 60.4 oa

Breadth, m

8.80

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 MTU 20V538 TB92 diesels

Power, h. p.

15000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(118)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

ZW-06, WM-22, LIROD 8 radars, Newton ECM suite, 4x Hycor Mk 135 decoy RL

Complement

42

Project history: Ordered in November 1979. Italian MV400TH type. Able to carry SSMs. Steel hull with aluminium-alloy superstructures.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Songhkla 2009

© Ivan Gogin, 2019