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ROYAL THAI NAVY (THAILAND)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

SICHANG tank landing ships (1988)

very similar Venezuelan Capana 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
สีชัง [Sichang] 6, 1992- 721   ItalTahi, Bangkok   24.4.1987 8.1.1988 in service (2019)
สุรินทร์ [Surin] 7, 1992- 722   Naval DYd, Bangkok   12.4.1988 16.12.1988 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

721: 3540

Displacement full, t

721: 4235

722: 4520

Length, m

721: 91.7 pp 103.0 oa

722: 109.0

Breadth, m

15.7

Draught, m

3.52

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 20V1163 TB62 diesels

Power, h. p.

11000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(14)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar, helicopter deck

Military load

3 LCVP, 13 tanks, 6 3t vehicles, 350 troops

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226 radar, 2x Sea Archer Mk 1A mod. 2 e/o systems

Complement

129

Project history: Built under license to the modified French PS700 (Normed 700) design with Korea-Tacoma technical assistance.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sichang 2011

Surin 2001

© Ivan Gogin, 2019