Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate

Basic information

Type:

Frigate

Parent class:

Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer (KDX-1)

Operators:

Royal Thai Navy

Country of build:

South Korea

Builder:

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)

Planned:

Completed:

In service:

2019 – present (5 years)

Ship measurements

Displacement:

3,700 t

Length:

124.1 m

Beam:

14.4 m

Draft:

8 m

Machine

Propulsion:

4 * Ship Service Power Generation (Each of 830 kW Rated output)
2 * MTU 16V1163 M94 diesel engine 8,000 hp (6,000 kW)
1 * General Electric LM2500 gas turbine 29,000 hp (22,000 kW)

Speed:

33.3 knots

Range:

4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Personnel

Complement:

141

Combat assets

Electronics:

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
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:

1 * OTO Melara 76 mm/62 Super Rapid main gun
2 * 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
2 * M2 Browning .50 caliber guns
1 * 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
8 * RGM-84L Block II Harpoon anti-ship missile
2 * 3 SEA Torpedo Launching System Mk 32 torpedo tubes
8-cell Mk. 41 VLS containing/or mixture of:
32 * RIM-162 ESSM Block II in quadpacked max loadout
8 * RUM-139C VL ASROC
In the future can upgrade Mk.41 VLS from 8 cell to 16 cell and can use SM-2MR Standard Missile

Aircraft:

1 * S-70B Seahawk or MH-60S Knight hawk

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. 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.

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.