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Guided missile frigate BRP Diego Silang (FFG-7)

Guided missile frigate BRP Diego Silang (FFG-7) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Miguel Malvar-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Diego Silang y Andaya
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:
Search radar:
  • EL/M-2258 ALPHA S-band 3D AESA multifunction radar
  • Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System
Navigation radar:
  • Hensoldt SharpEye I-band & E/F-band radars
Fire control radar:
  • Leonardo 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)
  • SIGINT/ESM Suite:
  • Elbit Elisra Aquamarine R-ESM (Radar-Electronic Support Measures)
  • Elbit Elisra Aquamarine C-ESM (communications — electronic support measures)
Countermeasures Dispensing System:
  • 2 * C-Guard DL-12T mortar-type decoy launchers by Terma A/S
Armament:
Missiles
  • 16-cell Vertical Launching System for 16 * MBDA VL MICA ship-to-air missiles
  • 8 * C-Star SSM-710K antiship cruise missiles in quad configuration
Torpedoes
  • 2 * SEA triple-tube torpedo launching systems for K745 Blue Shark torpedoes
Guns
  • 1 * 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapid
  • 1 * Aselsan GOKDENIZ 100/35 CIWS
  • 4 * K6 (12.7mm) 50cal heavy machine gun
Aircraft:
  • 1 * AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat or AW109 Power naval helicopter
Aviation facilities
  • flight deck and starboard-side hangar for a 12-ton helicopter

BRP Diego Silang (FFG-7) is the second ship of the Miguel Malvar-class guided missile frigates of the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after Diego Silang y Andaya, a Filipino revolutionary leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule.

The warship was delivered to the Philippine Navy on 9 September 2025, and entered active service following commissioning on 2 December 2025.

The BRP Diego Silang 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.

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