HTMS Naresuan
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HTMS Naresuan (FFG-421) (Thai: เรือหลวงนเรศวร), commissioned in 1995, is a modified version of the Chinese-made Type 053 frigate, corporate designed between Royal Thai Navy and China but built by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai. Her sister ship, HTMS Taksin was delivered in November 1995. The ships came at 2 billion baht each, less than the 8 billion baht claimed price tag for Western-built frigates.
Frigate Naresuan (FFG 421) | |
History | |
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Thailand | |
Name | HTMS Naresuan |
Namesake | King Naresuan |
Builder | China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai |
Laid down | 1991 |
Launched | July 1993 |
Commissioned | 15 December 1994 |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Naresuan-class frigate |
Displacement | 2,985 tons full load |
Length | 120.5 m (395 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 13.7 m (44 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion | 1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine and 2 × MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration |
Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) max |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 150 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x Super Lynx 300 |
The Royal Thai Navy complained of the poor quality of the ships. The ship's damage control system was very limited, with very basic fire suppression systems. It was claimed that if the ship's hull was breached, the ship would be quickly lost to flooding. The Thai Navy had to spend considerable time and effort to correct some of these issues.[1]