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BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ frigates (2019-)

Bhumibol Adulyadej 2019

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช [Bhumibol Adulyadej] (ex-ตากสิน [Taksin]) 471   Daewoo, Okpo, South Korea 15.5.2016 23.1.2017 7.1.2019 in service (2019)
ประแส [Prasae] 472   Mahidol N Yd, Sattahip 2020   2025 planned (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

3650

Length, m

113.2 pp 122.5 oa

Breadth, m

14.4

Draught, m

4.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODAG: 1 gas turbine + 2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4000(18)

Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon Block II SSM (8 RGM-84F), 1 x 8 ESSM SAM (VLS, 32 RIM-162A), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 30/80 DS-30M, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15 Block 1B, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 helicopteer (S-70B or MH-60S or Lynx)

Electronic equipment

3x Sharp Eye, Sea Giraffe AMB, 2x CEROS 200, Mk 90 radars, EOS 500, CoMPASS e/o systems, DSQS-24C ASO, ACTAS sonars, ES-3601 ECM suite, 4x SKWS decoy RL, 9LV Mk 4 CCS

Complement

135

Project history: Daewoo DW3000F design. Ordered 8.8.2013, replacement for old Knox class frigates.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019