Ratanakosin-class corvette

Class overview
Builders: Tacoma Boat Building Co, USA
Operators:  Thailand
Built: 1984-1986
In commission: 1986-present
Completed: 2
Active: 2
General characteristics [1]
Type: Corvette
Displacement:
  • 840 tons (normal)
  • 960 tons (full load)
Length: 76.82 m (252 ft 0 in)
Beam: 9.55 m (31 ft 4 in)
Draft: 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
Installed power: 12,000 kW (16,000 bhp)
Propulsion:
  • 2× MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines,
  • 2× shafts
Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) (at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph))
Complement: 15 officers, 72 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • *1× Decca 1226 surface search radar
  • 1× HSA ZW-06 surface search radar
  • 1× HSA DA-05 air/surface search radar
  • 1× HSA WM-25 fire control radar
  • 1× HSA LIROD-8 optical fire control system
  • STN Atlas DSQS-21C hull mounted sonar
Armament:

Ratanakosin class corvettes are a class of two ships that were built for the Royal Thai Navy in the 1980s. Both ships remain in service.

Ships in the class

 Name   Number   Builder   Launched   Commissioned   Decommissioned   Status 
HTMS Ratanakosin
FS-441
United States
1984
1986
Active
HTMS Sukhothai
FS-442
United States
1984
1987
Active

References

Notes

  1. Baker 1998, p. 870.

Bibliography

  • Baker, A. D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets Of The World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
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