Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate

The Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate is a class of frigates operated by the Royal Thai Navy. The design is a variant of the Republic of Korea Navy's Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer design, with additional stealth features.[2] This is the first ship in the High-Performance Frigate Boat Project of the Royal Thai Navy. It is able to perform 3D combat operations on surface, underwater and air.

HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej in formation with US ships during joint naval exercise Guardian Sea 2019
Class overview
BuildersDaewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Busan, South Korea
Operators Royal Thai Navy
Built2013–2017
In commission2019–present
Planned2
Completed1
Active1
General characteristics
TypeMulti-role stealth frigate
Displacement3,700 tons full load
Length124.1 m (407 ft 2 in)
Beam14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draught8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion4 × Ship Service Power Generation (Each of 830 kW Rated output)
Speed33.3 knots (61.7 km/h; 38.3 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement141
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × Sea Giraffe 4A AESA long range surveillance radar
  • 1 × Saab SEA GIRAFFE AMB medium range 3D surveillance radar
  • 1 × Wartsila X-band Navigation radar
  • 1 × Wartsila S-band Navigation radar
  • 1 × Tactical Air Navigation System
  • 1 × Surveillance camera
  • 2 × Saab CEROS 200 fire control radar
  • 1 × Saab EOS 500 Electro Optical Fire Control
  • 1 × Atlas ASO DSQS-24 Hull Mounted Sonar
  • 1 × Atlas ELEKTRONIK ACTAS Towed Array Sonar
  • 15 × Saab 9LV Mk4 Multi-Function Consoles
  • 2 × Continuous Wave Illuminators
  • 2 × Target Designation Sight: Bridge Pointer
  • 2 × Identification Friend or Foe
  • 1 × ADS – Broadcast
  • Stealth technology
  • Radar Cross Section Reduction
  • Infrared Reduction
  • Underwater Radiated Noise Reduction
  • Degaussing System
  • NBC Protection System
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 × Harris ES-3601 Radar-ESM
  • 1 × R&F DDF-255 Communication-ESM
  • 6 × Terma C-Guard DL-12T Mk. 137 Decoy Launchers
  • Active-offboard ECM
  • Mk.234 Nulka anti-ship missile decoy system
  • Naval Group CANTO-V anti-torpedo decoy system
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × S-70B Seahawk or MH-60S Knight hawk

The lead ship of the class, named HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej, was constructed in South Korea. It was commissioned on 7 January 2019, with the original name as HTMS Tha Chin. It was subsequently renamed HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej.[3]

Ships in class
Name Hull no. Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej FFG-471 Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering 15 May 2016 23 January 2017 7 January 2019 Active
HTMS Prasae FFG-472 Postponed

See also

References
  1. ATLAS ELEKTRONIK to deliver Bow and Towed Sonar systems for new Royal Thai Navy frigate
  2. Nanuamy, Wassana (19 December 2018). "Navy prepares to receive new ship". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. Voytenko, Mikhail (26 October 2019). "Thai Navy News – new frigate, another one postponed, submarine keel laying ceremony". FleetMon. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
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