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PHUTTHA YOTFA CHULALOK frigates (1970-1974/1994-1996)

Phuttha Yotfa Chulalok 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
พุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก [Phuttha Yotfa Chulalok] (ex-Truett) 461   Avondale, Westwego, USA 27.4.1972 3.2.1973 1.6.1974 // 30.7.1994 stricken 4.2015
พุทธเลิศหล้านภาลัย [Phuttha Loetla Naphalai] (ex-Ouellet) 462   Avondale, Westwego, USA 15.1.1969 17.1.1970 12.12.1970 // 27.11.1996 stricken 9.2017

 

Displacement standard, t

3020

Displacement full, t

4066

Length, m

126.5 wl 133.5 oa

Breadth, m

14.3

Draught, m

7.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery

461: 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers

462: 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

35000

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4500(20)

Armament

1 x 8 Harpoon SSM / ASROC ASuR (4 RGM-84A, 12 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 - 324 Mk 32 TT (22), 1 helicopter (S-2F)

Electronic equipment

461: LN-66, SPS-10 or SPS-67, SPS-40D, SPG-53F radars, SQS-26CX, SQR-18(v) sonars, SLQ-32(v)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, ASWTDS CCS

462: LN-66, SPS-10 or SPS-67, SPS-40D, SPG-53F radars, SQS-26CX, SQR-18A(v)2 sonars, SLQ-32(v)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, ASWTDS CCS

Complement

285

Project history: Former USN Knox class frigates. Phuttha Loetla Naphalai was really transferred only in May 1998 after reactivation and refit.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Phuttha Loetla Naphalai 2001

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