Makut Rajakumarn 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| มกุฎราชกุมาร [Makut Rajakumarn] | 7, 1992- 433 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 11.1.1970 | 18.11.1971 | 7.5.1973 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
1650 |
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Displacement full, t |
1900 |
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Length, m |
93.0 pp 976 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.0 |
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Draught, m |
5.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
CODOG: 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus TBM-3B gas turbine / 1 Crossley-Pielstick 12PC2 V400 diesel |
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Power, h. p. |
23000 / 6000 |
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Max speed, kts |
26 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel / gas turbine oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4000(18) |
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Armament |
1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS 24 SAM (4 Sea Cat), 2 x 1 - 114/55 Mk 8, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 3 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR |
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Electronic equipment |
LW-04, WM-22, M44, Decca 626 radars, type 170B, type 162, MS27 sonars |
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Complement |
140 |
Project history: General purpose frigate, highly automated and proved successful in service. Fitted as flagship.
Modernizations: 1988: - LW-04 radar, type 170B, type 162, MS27 sonar; + DA-05 radar, DSQS-21C sonar (Limbo ASWRL became nonoperational), SEWACO CCS
1993: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, M44 radar; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3
1997: - 2 x 1 - 40/60; + 1 x 2 - 40/70 OTO-Breda Compact, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 3 - 324 PMW49A TT (6 Stingray), ZW-06 radar, WLR-1, Newton ECM suites, 2x Mk 135 decoy RL
Naval service: Makut Rajakumarn was badly damaged by fire in February 1984 and was later repaired and modernized till 1988.
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© Ivan Gogin, 2019