Bangpakong 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| บางปะกง [Bangpakong] (ex-Burnet, ex-Gondwana, ex-Burnet) | 4 | Ferguson, Glasgow, UK | 11.1942 | 31.5.1943 | 9.1943 // 15.5.1947 | stricken 1984 | |
| ประแส [Prasae] (ex-Betony, ex-Sind, ex-Betony) | Hall, Aberdeen, UK | 9.1942 | 22.4.1943 | 8.1943 // 15.5.1947 | wrecked 13.1.1951 |
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Displacement standard, t |
980 - 1000 |
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Displacement full, t |
1350 - 1370 |
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Length, m |
57.9 pp 62.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.34 - 4.42 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2750 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 337 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
7400(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk I, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk VII, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 271 or type 273 or type 291 radar, type 123 or type 128 or type 144 sonar |
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Complement |
109 |
Project history: Former Indian 'Flower' class corvettes, returned to RN in 1947 and immediately to Royal Thai Navy.
Modernizations: 1960s, Bangpakong: - 1 x 1 - 102/45, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCR; + 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7
Naval service: Since 1970s Bangpakong used as TS. Prasae served in the Korean war, 7.1.1951 she was beached on the East coast of Korea during snowstorm and scuttled after unsuccessful attempts to raise her.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015