ROCS Pan Chao

ROCS Pan Chao (班超, PFG2-1108) is the sixth of eight Taiwanese-built Cheng Kung-class frigates of the Republic of China Navy, based on the United States Oliver Hazard Perry class.

ROCS Pan Chao on 16 March 2015
History
Taiwan
Name	Pan Chao (班超)
Namesake	Ban Chao
Builder	China Shipbuilding Corp., Kaohsiung
Laid down	25 July 1995
Launched	3 July 1997
Commissioned	16 December 1997
Identification	Pennant number: PFGS-1108
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Cheng Kung-class frigate
Displacement	4,103 long tons (4,169 t) full
Length	453 ft (138 m)
Beam	46.95 ft (14.31 m)
Propulsion	General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 40,000 shp total
Speed	29 knots
Complement	18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crew
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS, STIR gun fire control radar SQS-56 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32(V)5 (AN/SLQ-32(V)2 + SIDEKICK)
Armament	40 × SM-1MR at Mk 13 Missile Launcher 4 × Hsiung Feng II and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 × Bofors 40mm/L70mm guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried	Sikorsky S-70C-1/2

Construction and career

Laid down in July 1995 and launched in May 1996, Pan Chao was commissioned in December 1997. All of these Taiwanese frigates have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.^[1]

Like her sister ships, Pan Chao was built under license by China SB Corp. at Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC.

On May 23, 2024, the Ministry of National Defense released footage of the ship monitoring the PLA's Type 052DShaoxing. ^[2]

On February 26, 2025, the ship monitored the PLA's Type 071Simingshan and Type 903 Qiandao Lake in the southwest waters of Taiwan. ^[3]

Gallery

• 
  ROCS Pan Chao and ROCS Tian Dan on 23 November 2014
• 
  ROCS Pan Chao's hangar
• 
  ROCS Pan Chao's OTO Melara 76mm gun
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  ROCS Pan Chao's Mark 92 Fire Control System
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  ROCS Pan Chao's Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng III
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  ROCS Pan Chao's main mast

See also

• ROCS Cheng Ho (PFG2-1103)
• ROCS Chi Kuang (PFG2-1105)
• ROCS Tzu I (PFG2-1107)
• ROCS Chang Chien (PFG2-1109)
• ROCS Tian Dan (PFG2-1110)