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Guided missile frigate BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-6)

Guided missile frigate BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-6) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Miguel Malvar-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Miguel Malvar y Carpio
Operator:
Philippine NavyPhilippine Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,200 t
Length:
118.4 m
Beam:
14.9 m
Draft:
3.7 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODAD
Propulsion:
  • 4 * MTU-STX diesel generators
  • 4 * MTU-STX diesel engines
Speed:
25 knots
Range:
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
120

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:
  • 2 * RHIB
Electronics:
Combat system:
  • Hanwha Systems Naval Shield Baseline 4 Integrated Combat Management System
Search radar:
  • EL/M-2258 ALPHA S-band 3D AESA multifunction radar
Navigation radar:
  • Kelvin Hughes SharpEye I-band & E/F-band radars
Fire control radar:
  • Selex ES NA-25X fire control radar
  • Electro-Optical Tracking System:
  • Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical
Tactical Data Link:
  • Hanwha Systems Link P (Link K Derivative)
Sonar:
  • Model 997 medium-to-low frequency active/passive hull-mounted sonar by Harris Corp (L3Harris Technologies in 2019)
  • RESM:
  • Elbit Systems Elisra Aquamarine R-ESM and C-ESM suite
Countermeasures:
  • 2 * Terma C-Guard DL-12T decoy launchers
Armament:
Missiles
  • 8 * C-Star SSM-710K antiship cruise missiles in quad configuration
  • 16-cell Vertical Launching System for 16 * MBDA VL MICA ship-to-air missiles
Torpedoes
  • 2 * SEA triple-tube 324mm torpedo launching systems for K745 Blue Shark torpedoes
Guns
  • 1 * OTO-Melara 76/62SR dual-purpose rapid-fire autocannon
  • 1 * Aselsan GOKDENIZ 100/35 CIWS
  • 4 * K6 (12.7mm) 50cal heavy machine gun
Aircraft:
  • 1 * medium AW-159 wildcat ASW naval helicopter
Aviation facilities
  • flight deck for a 12t helicopter enclosed hangar (starboard side) for 10t helicopter

BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-6) is the lead ship of her class of guided missile frigates of the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after Miguel Malvar y Carpio, a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution against Spain, and the Philippine-American War.

The ship underwent fit-out works at HD Hyundai's shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, and was delivered to the Philippine Navy on April 8, 2025. The ship was commissioned with the Philippine Navy's Offshore Combat Force on May 20, 2025.

BRP Miguel Malvar was designed and built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea, and is based on the shipbuilder's HDC/HDF-3200 design, which in turn was a re-designed and enlarged HDF-2600 design used for the Jose Rizal-class frigate already in service with the Philippine Navy. The design was heavily influenced by the base design of the Incheon-class frigate built for the Republic of Korea Navy, but with heavy design developments and features found on newer frigates of the R.O.K. Navy, considering reduced radar cross-section by having cleaner lines, smooth surface design, reduced overhangs and a low free-board.

The ship held its First Steel Cutting Ceremony on 11 May 2023 at HD HHI's facility in Ulsan, South Korea. Its Keel Laying Ceremony was held on 22 November 2023, coinciding with the First Steel Cutting Ceremony of its sister ship, the future BRP Diego Silang (FFG-07).

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