HTMS Taksin
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HTMS Taksin (FFG-422) (Thai: เรือหลวงตากสิน), hull number 622, commissioned in 1995, is a modified version of the Chinese-made Type 053 frigate, designed and built by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai. Her sister ship, HTMS Naresuan 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.
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HTMS Taksin | |
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Thailand | |
Name | HTMS Taksin |
Namesake | King Taksin |
Builder | China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai |
Laid down | 1991 |
Launched | 1993 |
Commissioned | 1995 |
Status | ship in active service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Naresuan-class frigate |
Displacement | 2,985 tons full load |
Length | 120.5 m |
Beam | 13.7 m |
Draught | 6 m |
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) max |
Range | 4000 nmi(7408 km) at 18 kn |
Complement | 150 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x Super Lynx 300 |
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The 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]