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ROYAL THAI NAVY (THAILAND)

COASTAL FORCES

RATCHARIT fast attack craft (missile) (1979-1980)

Ratcharit 1990

 

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
ราชฤทธิ์ [Ratcharit] 4, 1992- 321   Breda, Venice, Italy   30.7.1978 10.8.1979 in service (2019)
วิทยาคม [Witthayaakhom] 5, 1992- 322   Breda, Venice, Italy   2.9.1978 12.11.1979 in service (2019)
อุดมเดช [Udomdet] 6, 1992- 323   Breda, Venice, Italy   28.9.1978 21.2.1980 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

235

Displacement full, t

270

Length, m

47.3 pp 49.8 oa

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 MTU MD20V538 TB91 diesels

Power, h. p.

11500

Max speed, kts

37

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000(15)

Armament

2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226, WM-25 radars, RDL-2 ECM suite

Complement

41

Project history: Ordered 23.7.1976. Bred'a MV250 type.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Witthayakhom 2007

© Ivan Gogin, 2019