Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
ROCS Cheng Ho
Cheng Kung-class frigates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
ROCS Cheng Ho (鄭和; PFG2-1103) is the second of eight Taiwanese-built Cheng Kung-class frigates of the Republic of China Navy, based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class.
_Shipped_at_Zuoying_Naval_Base_20141123.jpg)
Remove ads
Construction and career
Laid down on 21 December 1991 and launched on 15 October 1992, Cheng Ho (鄭和) was commissioned into service on 28 March 1994. All of the Taiwanese PFGs have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.[1]
In 2006, the Cheng Ho warship participated in the Dunmu Voyage Training Detachment and set off from Zuoying Military Port on March 16.[2] At 7:00 a.m. on March 20, when the Cheng Ho warship was preparing to dock at Malakal Port in Palau, it collided with an unidentified object at the port, causing damage to the ship and loss of power. The Republic of China Navy dispatched the Yue Fei warship and two tugboats to tow the Cheng Ho warship back to the country for repairs, and later dispatched a Kangding-class frigate to replace the Cheng Ho warship.[3][4]
On June 7, 2019, Cheng Ho warship held a 25th anniversary celebration and a Dragon Boat Festival family reunion at Kaohsiung Port Xinbin Wharf.[5]
On September 14, 2023, the Ministry of National Defense released a video of the ship monitoring the PLA's Jinan.[6]
On May 23, 2024, the ship confronted the PLA's Nantong in the Taiwan Strait during the Joint Sword Exercise.[7]
Remove ads
Gallery
A model of ROCS Cheng Ho
ROCS Cheng Ho's surgical room
See also
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads