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.[2] 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.
Quick Facts Class overview, General characteristics ...
 HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej in formation with US ships during joint naval exercise Guardian Sea 2019 |
| Class overview |
|---|
| Builders | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Busan, South Korea |
| Operators | Royal Thai Navy |
| Preceded by | Naresuan class |
| Built | 2013–2017 |
| In commission | 2019–present |
| Planned | 2 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Active | 1 |
| General characteristics |
|---|
| Type | Multi-role stealth frigate |
| Displacement | 3,700 tons full load |
| Length | 124.1 m (407 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | 4 × Ship Service Power Generation (Each of 830 kW Rated output) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 33.3 knots (61.7 km/h; 38.3 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 141 |
Sensors &
processing systems |
- 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
- Stealth technology
- Radar Cross Section Reduction
- Infrared Reduction
- Underwater Radiated Noise Reduction
- Degaussing System
- NBC Protection System
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Electronic warfare
& decoys |
- 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
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| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × S-70B Seahawk or MH-60S Knight hawk |
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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.[3]
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